Lesson 1
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The ancient Chinese drew pictures of various things around them. These
pictures have gradually been simplified and have taken on a square shape to
make them easier to write. This is how the present Kanji characters were
made. Each Kanji, therefore, carries a specific meaning.
Look at the following picture.
Guess the meanings of the Kanji characters below.
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These Kanji characters were made from very primitive pictures as follows.
Usually each Kanji has at least two ways of being read; the so-called ‘KUN
YOMP (Japanese reading) and ‘ON YOMP (Chinese reading).
Picture — Kanji ‘KUN’ ‘on’ Meaning
-¢ 7 > -O-+ Ee- FA u (NICHT) sun
! day
> > B-+ FL 2a {GETSU] moon
month
> > * > OR & ([MOKU] tree
(BOKU]
- i> Ww + [SAN] mountain
> JI mb ({SEN]) river
BAD P
Wt OQ > HA I He
4
di
- FA ~ fA rn [DEN] rice field
XR -~ K ae (JIN] man
{NIN] person
-O- oO <6 [KOU] mouth
> Es >
Jb—Jv1 : Make every Kanji the same size and put them
in a square.
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Jv—Jv 2 : Follow the basic stroke order.
(1) Write from left to right.
(2) Write downward. iI
(3) Draw strokes from the top to the bottom as follows.
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Draw strokes from the left to the right in the following
order. J ill
(5) Draw a square in the following way.
(4)
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(6) When there is a figure in the square, the line which closes
the square is drawn last.
4 5
1 2 3
Wo oft oth wo
c.f. When a stroke line passes through a square, draw that
stroke last. 1 3 4
aos ae
Jv—Jv3 : There are three basic ways to end a stroke.
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H(O) the sun, a day Alga (ic - £3 +0) Sunday
BA(IC EA / I + tPA) Japan 3H (A> +m) the 3rd day
2 A moon 28 a7
month HY (4)
Ji(2&) the moon, a month 1A (v5 - 482) January
AMEE (fF + £3 +O) Monday 1 (v¥5) 2A (WD) one month
3 tree & t7
KD (4)
A”(&) a tree AH (& + ts) Japanese name
AWE (% + £35 +) Thursday
4 mountain RE wy
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Vili
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w rice field RS-K wy
(5)
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FA (72) Al¥ a rice field HitF (7: + 42%) Japanese name
WWH(®£ - 72) Japanese name BATA Tui) avcot por
A man Be vy
person =y (2)
JIA
A(O£) man, a person BAA (Ic - (2A + LA) a Japanese
3A(&A- IZA) three people
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6. a river 7. amountain 8. arice field 9. a car 10. a gate
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I. Fill in the blanks with an appropriate Kanji.
1. January 2. February 3. March 4. April
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5. May 6. June 7. July 8. August
5 6 7 8
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9. September 10. October 11. November 12. December
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13. a train 14. Sunday 15. Monday 16. Thursday
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21. a Japanese
22. Mr. Yamada
23. Miss Yamakawa 24. the Tone River
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Look at the following picture. Each drawing indicates a certain meaning.
Guess the meaning of the Kanji characters below.
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These Kanji characters were made from very primitive pictures as follows.
Remember that each Kanji has its ‘KUN YOMI (Japanese reading) and ‘ON
YOMI’ (Chinese reading).
Picture — Kanji
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‘On’
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[KIN]
[Do]
(SHI)
[Jo]
[GAKU]
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[SEN]
Meaning
fire
water
gold
money
metal
ground
earth
soil
child
woman
female
study
live
birth
foregoing
previous
Usually the ‘ON YOMI’ (Chinese reading) of Kanji will be written using
Katakana in a Kanji dictionary. Therefore, students are expected to learn Kata-
kana as soon as possible after mastering Hiragana.Lesson 2
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2-1, B¥OPEPME (Kanji Writings)
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(1) a horizontal line
wey CBE
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a vertical line
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(3) a slanting line
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(4) a short hook
2k ay
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(5) a long hook
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m FE Ts
(6) a corner
<6 PE BA bEL
wm To wa to fk
a dot and various short lines
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RE Wa KALa avAS mes) |
K fire oO n
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K(Y) fire KU (+ SA) a voleano
water
IK |
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AK (Fv + CA) a rice field
K(AF) water
AEE (Fv + £35 +O) Wednesday
Z| gold, money aia ey
E | metal (a) |
MNAANAIAA
“PARE 7
| 84 (da) money 41H (dda - #2) Japanese name
(EA) gold SMA (BA + £3-+0) Friday
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earth, soil
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+£(2%) the ground
HMB (E+ £3 + 0) Saturday
EA(E + 1¥<) civil engineering