Meaning: Mountain

Onyomi: San [ さん ]
Kunyomi: Yama [ や
Vocabulary ま]
: 山羊 - や
ぎ - yagi - A
goat

★ This Kanji has the shape of the mountain it

3 stands for.

strokes
 Meaning: River
Onyomi: Sen [ せん ]
Kunyomi: Kawa [ かわ ]
Vocabulary 徳川 - とくがわ -
: Tokugawa -
Shogun of Togugawa (Ieyasu) first
shogunate. the Tokugawa

3
★ The three strokes represents the current of
strokes a river.
 Meaning: Rice field
Onyomi: Den [ デン ]
Kunyomi: ta [ た ]
Vocabulary 田 たんば tanba Rice
: Field

5
stroke
 Meaning: Day, Sun
Onyomi: Nichi/Jitsu [ にち / じ
Kunyomi: つ ] Hi/Ka [ ひ / か ]
Vocabulary 日本 - にほん -
: nihon - Japan

4 ★

strokes
 Meaning: Month, moon
Onyomi: Getsu/Gatsu [ げつ / が
Kunyomi: つ ] Tsuki [ つき ]
Vocabulary 満月 - まんげつ -
: mangetsu -
Full moon

4 ★ It looks like a quarter of the

moon
stroke
 Meaning: Fire
Onyomi: Ka [ か ]
Kunyomi: Hi [ ひ ]
Vocabulary 火山 - かざん - kazan
: –
Volcano

4 ★ It looks like a camp fire with flames

flying around.
strokes
 Meaning: Water
Onyomi: Sui [ すい ]
Kunyomi: Mizu [ み
Vocabulary ず]
: 水道 - す
いどう -
suidou -
Water pipe

4 ★ It can represent the current of water

strokes
 Meaning: Tree, wood
Onyomi: Boku/Moku [ ぼく / も
Kunyomi: く ] Ki/Ko [ き / こ ]
Vocabulary 木曜日 - もくようび -
: mokuyoubi – Thursday

4 ★ It is easy to remember since it looks like a tree

!
strokes
 Meaning: Gold, metal, money
Onyomi: Kin/Kon [ き
Kunyomi: ん / こ ん ] Kane
Vocabulary [ かね ]
-: 金曜日 - きんよ
うび - kinyoubi
Friday

8 ★ A good king ( 王 ) does in his kingdom like in

his house ( )
strokes divides the Money evenly ( )
 Meaning: Earth, Ground
Onyomi: : Do / To
Kunyomi: [ ど / と ]
Vocabulary Tsuchi [ つち ]
: 土 - つち -
tsuchi – Earth

3 ★ It looks like a cross on a grave buried

in the ground
strokes
 Meaning: One
Onyomi: Ichi / Itsu [ いち / い
Kunyomi: つ ] Hito [ ひと ]
Vocabulary 一口 - ひとくち -
: hitokuchi -
One bite

1 ★ 一 is just one
stroke
stroke
 Meaning: Two
Onyomi: Ni [ に ]
Kunyomi: Futa [ ふ
Vocabulary た]
: 二人 - ふ
たり -
futari -
Two
persons
★ 二 is made of two strokes 一 + 一
2 = 二
1+1=2
strokes
 Meaning: Three
Onyomi: San [ さん ]
Kunyomi: Mitsu / Mi- [ みつ / みっ ]
Vocabulary 3 日 - みっか - mikka - The
: 3rd

★ 三 is the result of 一 +
3 二
strokes 1+2=3
 Meaning: Four
Onyomi: Shi
Kunyomi: [し]
Vocabulary Yo / Yu
: / Yon
[よ/
ゆ/よ
ん]
四季 -
5 しき to
★ There are four sides
square shiki -
- a

strokes The 4
s
e
a
s
o
n
s
 Meaning: Five
Onyomi: Go
Kunyomi: [ご]
Vocabulary Itsu
: [い
つ]
五つ -
いつつ
-
4 ★ It looks like the itsutsu
number 5
- Five
strokes (ordina
l
numbe
r)
 Meaning: Six
Onyomi: Roku [ ろく ]
Kunyomi: Mu/Mut/Mui [ む / むっ / む
Vocabulary い ] 六つ - むっつ -
: muttsu - Six (ordinal number)

4 ★ 6 can be written VI if you turn

them
strokes around you get 六
 Meaning: Seven
Onyomi: Shichi [ しち ]
Kunyomi: Nana/Nano [ なな / な
Vocabulary の]
: 七月 – しちがつ –
shichigatsu
- July

2 ★ It is a 7 inverted

strokes
 Meaning: Eight
Onyomi: Hachi [ はち ]
Kunyomi: Yat/Ya/You [ やっ / や / よ
Vocabulary う]
: 八つ - やっつ - Yattsu –
Eight
(ordinal number)

2 ★ When following the simple shape

of the 8 you get 八
strokes
 Meaning: Nine
Onyomi: Kyuu/Ku [ きゅ
Kunyomi: う / く ] Kokono [ こ
Vocabulary この ]
: 九日 - ここのか -
Kokonoka - The 9th

2 ★ You can see the shape of a 9

strokes with a little imagination
 Meaning: Ten
Onyomi: Juu/Ji [ じゅう / じ ]
Kunyomi: Too [ とお ]
Vocabulary 十日 - とおか - Tooka –
: 10th The

2 ★ 10 can be written X
strokes
 Meaning: Hundred
Onyomi: Hyaku [ ひゃく ]
Kunyomi: /
Vocabulary 百貨店 - ひゃっかてん
: - Hyakkaten - A
mall

★ 100 ->

I00
strokes
 Meaning: Thousand
Onyomi: Sen [ せ
Kunyomi: ん ] Chi
Vocabulary [ち]
: nisenen 二千円 -
にせんえ
ん -
-
Two
3 tho letter T
★ Thousand starts with the
usa
strokes nd
Yen
 Meaning: Ten thousand
Onyomi: Man/Ban [ まん / ばん ]
Kunyomi: /
Vocabulary 万引き - まんびき - manbiki
: –
Shoplifting

3 ★ It looks like a capital T and a h combined like

in Thousand and the capital T also stands for Ten
strokes
 Meaning: Circle, yen, round
Onyomi: En [ えん ]
Kunyomi: Maru(i) [ まる
Vocabulary ( い )]
: 円い - まるい -
marui - Round

★ Yen coins are Round and the kanji looks like a

4 bank-teller’s window

strokes
 Meaning: Year
Onyomi: Nen [ ねん ]
Kunyomi: Toshi [ とし ]
Vocabulary 今年 - ことし - kotoshi -
: This year

6 ★ Originally a rice plant ( ) and a bending

person above for the Annual harvest symbolizing
strokes the cycle of the years.
 Meaning: Above, upper
Onyomi: Jou/Shou [ じょう / しょう ]
Kunyomi: Ue/ Kami/ A(geru/garu) [ うえ
/ かみ / あ ( げる / がる )]
Vocabulary: 上手 - じょうず - jouzu - Be
good

3 ★ It is Above the line symbolized by the

“ 一”
strokes stroke
 Meaning: Below, down
Onyomi: Ka/Ge
Kunyomi: [か/げ]
Shita
ろ /Sa(geru)/O(r
Vocabulary: osu)/
chikatetsu Ku(daru) [ し
た/さ(げ
る )/symbolized
★ It is Below the line お( by the
“ 一” す )/ く ( だ
3 stroke る )]
地下鉄 - ち
strokes かてつ -
-
METRO
 Meaning: Inner, Center, Between
Onyomi: Chuu [ ちゅう ]
Kunyomi: Naka [ なか ]
Vocabulary 中国 - ちゅうごく -
-: chuugoku
China

4 ★ The vertical stroke cross right in the Middle of

the square
strokes
 Meaning: Half, middle, semi-
Onyomi: Han [ はん ]
Kunyomi: Naka(ba)[ なか
Vocabulary ( ば )]
: 半分 - はんぶん
- hanbun –
Half

5 ★ The vertical stroke cut the = sign in Half and

pass in the middle of the Two dots.
strokes
 Meaning: Part, Minute, To divide, To
understand
Onyomi: Fun/Bu [ ふん /
Kunyomi ぶ]
: Wa(kareru) [ わ ( ける )/ わ ( かる )/
Wa(keru)/
わ ( かれる )]Wa(karu)/
Vocabulary: 自分 - じぶん - jibun -
Oneself

4
★ Something divided in equal part
strokes
 Meaning: Person
Onyomi: Jin / Nin [ じん / に
Kunyomi: ん ] Hito [ ひと ]
Vocabulary 人口 - じんこう -
: jinkou -
Population

2 ★ It looks like a Man standing with his legs

spread.
strokes
 Meaning: Child
Onyomi: Shi/Su
Kunyomi: [ し / す ] Ko
Vocabulary [こ]
: 子供 - こど
も - kodomo
-A
child

3 ★

strokes
 Meaning: Woman,
Onyomi: female Jo [ じ
Kunyomi: ょ]
Vocabulary Onna / Me [ おん
: な / め ] 女性 - じょ
せい - josei - Female

3 ★ It looks like a
ballerina
strokes
 Meaning: Man, Male
Onyomi: Dan/Nan [ だん / なん ]
Kunyomi: Otoko [ おとこ ]
Vocabulary 男性 - だんせい -
: dansei - Male

★ The upper part means rice field while the

7 lower part means strength thus you need to be a
strong Man to work in the field.
strokes
 Meaning: Eye
Onyomi: Moku [ も
Kunyomi: く ] Me
Vocabulary [め]
: 目的 - もく
てき -
mokuteki -
purpose,
goal
5 ★

strokes
 Meaning: Mouth
Onyomi: Kou/Ku [ こ
Kunyomi: う / く ] Kuchi
Vocabulary [ くち ]
: 火口 - かこう -
kakou - Crater
of a volcano

3 ★ It looks like a mouth wide open

strokes
 Meaning: Ear
Onyomi: Ji [ じ ]
Kunyomi: Mimi [ みみ ]
Vocabulary 耳孔 - じこう - jikou -
: Earhole

★ It looks a little like an ear with a hole in the

6 middle and one part sticking out down
strokes
 Meaning: Hand
Onyomi: Shu [ し
Kunyomi: ゅ ] Te
Vocabulary [て]
: 空手 - か
らて -
karate -
Karate
★ It is a simplified Hand drawing giving a thumb
4 down

strokes
 Meaning: Foot, to be sufficient, to add
Onyomi: Soku [ そく ]
Kunyomi: Ashi/Ta(riru)/Ta(su) [ あ
し / た ( りる )/ た ( す )]
Vocabulary: 満足 - まんぞく -
manzoku -
Satisfaction

7 ★ It looks like a cartoon character running with

his huge Feet
strokes
 Meaning: Power
Onyomi: ryoku [ リョク ]
Kunyomi: chikrara [ ちから ]
Vocabulary 水力 すいりょく suiryoku
: Water Power

2 strokes
 Meaning: Father
Onyomi: Fu
Kunyomi: [ふ]
Vocabulary Chichi
: [ち
ち]
祖父 -
そふ -
sofu -
4 ★ It looks like the Grandf
up because he became
shape of a man with his hands
athera Father.
strokes
 Meaning: Mother
Onyomi: Bo
Kunyomi: [ぼ]
Vocabulary Haha
: [ はは ]
祖母 -
そぼ -
sobo –
Grand
5 ★ It is suppose to mother
represent a Mother’s breast.
strokes
 Meaning: Before, in future
Onyomi: Sen [ せん ]
Kunyomi: Saki [ さき ]
Vocabulary 先ず - まず -
: mazu - First of
all

★ It looks like a man with long legs standing

6 Before everyone else leading the way with his
flag ( ノ )
strokes
 Meaning: To live, to grow, be born,
Onyomi: raw
Kunyomi: : Sei / Shou [ せい / しょう ]
I(kiru)/U(mu)Nama/Ki [ い
Vocabulary: ( き る )/ う ( む )/ な
ま/き]
学生 - がくせい - gakusei -
a
★ It is like a small Student
tree on which

5 water
and Lives.
is poured so that is Grows

strokes
 Meaning: School, Science, to learn
Onyomi: Gaku [ がく ]
Kunyomi: Mana(bu) [ まな ( ぶ )]
Vocabulary 大学 - だいがく -
: daigaku - University

8 ★ It is the character for child under what looks

like a roof. School is the place where children
strokes Learn
 Meaning: School
Onyomi: Kou [ こ
Kunyomi: う]
Vocabulary /
: 学校 -
がっこ
う -
gakkou -
School
10 ★ You may think of the tree ( 木 ) of
knowledge, school is a place to exchange ( 交 )
strokes knowledge
 Meaning: Friend
Onyomi: Yuu [ ゆ
Kunyomi: う]
Vocabulary Tomo
: [ とも ]
友達 - ともだち -
tomodachi - Friend

★ It looks like two human ( 人 ) one is falling

4 ( ナ ) and the other one is helping him stands,
friends always help you and get your back
strokes
 Meaning: Book,
Onyomi: Source Hon
Kunyomi: [ ほん ]
Vocabulary Moto [ も
: と]
本物 - ほん
もの -
honmono –
Original
5 ★ Books are made from trees cut at their
bottom (hence the bottom line)
stroke
 Meaning: Each, every
Onyomi: Mai [ まい ]
Kunyomi: /
Vocabulary: 毎回 - まいかい -
Every maikai -
time

6 ★ Each and Every one of us ( 人 ) has a mother

(
strokes 母)
 Meaning: What/How many/Which
Onyomi: Ka [ か ]
Kunyomi: Nani [ なに ]
Vocabulary 何時 - なんじ - nanji -
: What
time

7 ★ What exactly can ( 可 ) a person ( 人 )

do ?
strokes
 Meaning: Before
Onyomi: Zen [ ぜ
Kunyomi: ん]
Vocabulary Mae [ ま
: え]
名前 - な
まえ (-
★ Eat your vegetables ) and
meat ( namae
) Before it gets- cold.
Name
9
strokes
 Meaning: After, later, back
Onyomi: Go/Kou [ ご / こう ]
Kunyomi: Ato/Okure(ru)/Nochi [ あ
と / お くれ ( る )/ のち ]
Vocabulary: 午後 - ごご - gogo –
Afternoon

9 ★ If you walk slowly ( ) with small (

strokes ) Steps ( ) you will be left Behind
 Meaning: Outside/Other/Foreign
Onyomi: Gai/Ge[ がい / げ ]
Kunyomi: Soto/Hoka [ そと / ほ
Vocabulary か ] 外国人 - がいこ
: くじん -
gaikokujin - A
foreigner

★ It looks like the katakana タ and ト that

5 with the Other Katakana are usually use for
Foreign words
strokes
 Meaning: Left
Onyomi: Sa [ さ ]
Kunyomi: Hidari [ ひだり ]
Vocabulary 左折 - させつ - sasetsu -
: To
turn left

★ The hand ( ) is on the left of

something working ( 工 )
5
strokes
 Meaning: Right
Onyomi: U / Yuu [ う / ゆ
Kunyomi: う ] Migi [ みぎ ]
Vocabulary 右岸 - うがん -
: ugan - Right
Shore

5 ★ On a map the restaurant

(mouth 口 ) is on the right of the
strokes intersection
 Meaning: East
Onyomi: Tou [ とう ]
Kunyomi: Higashi [ ひが
Vocabulary し]
: 東京 - とうき
ょう - toukyou
-
Tokyo

8 ★ The sun ( 日 ) rise behind a tree ( 木 ) on

the East.
strokes
 Meaning: West
Onyomi: Sei /Sai [ せい / さ
Kunyomi: い ] Nishi [ にし ]
Vocabulary 西暦 - せいれき -
: seireki -
Christian era

6 ★ The upper part looks like the Greek symbol

π
strokes (Pi). Greek is a western country
 Meaning: South
Onyomi: Nan [ なん ]
Kunyomi: Minami [ みな
Vocabulary み]
: 南米 - なんべ
い - nanbei -
South America

9 ★ In the South there are many believers

who give lots of money(¥) to the churches
strokes
 Meaning: North
Onyomi: Hoku [ ほ
Kunyomi: く ] Kita
Vocabulary [ きた ]
: 北米 - ほ
くべい -
hokubei -
North
America
5 ★ When putting it together it looks like
a ladder to go up NORTH
strokes
 Meaning: Name
Onyomi: Mei/Myou [ めい / みょ
Kunyomi: う ] Na [ な ]
Vocabulary 名前 - なまえ - namae -
: Name, firstname

★ At dusk ( 夕 ) it gets hard to see thus you have

6 to call people by their Name
strokes
 Meaning: Cow
Onyomi: gyuu[ ギュウ ]
Kunyomi: Ushi [ うし ]
Vocabulary 牛肉 ぎゅうにく
: gyuuniku Beef

4 strokes
 Meaning: Horse
Onyomi: ba [ バ ]
Kunyomi: ruma [ うま ]
Vocabulary 乗馬じょうば
: jyouba Hourse Riding

10 strokes
 Meaning: Fish
Onyomi: Gyo [ ぎょ ]
Kunyomi: Sakana / Uo [ さかな / う
Vocabulary お ] 金魚 - きんぎょ -
: kingyo – Goldfish

10 ★ It looks like a fish swimming

upward.
strokes
 Meaning: Shellfish
Onyomi:
Kunyomi: Kai [ かい ]
Vocabulary 貝がら かいがら Kaigara
: Shell

7 strokes
 Meaning: Rain
Onyomi: U
Kunyomi: [う]
Vocabulary Ame
: [あ
め]
梅雨
- つ
ゆ -
8 ★ It looks like raintsuyu
-
drops hitting a window

strokes Rainy
seaso
n
 Meaning: Sky
Onyomi: Ten [ てん ]
Kunyomi: Ame, Ama [ あめ / あ
Vocabulary ま ] 天気 - てんき -
: tenki – Weather

4 ★ Heaven is one ( 一 ) big ( 大 )

place !
strokes
 Meaning: Soul, spirit, stream
Onyomi: Ki/Kei [ き / け ]
Kunyomi: /
Vocabulary 天気 - てんき -
: tenki –
weather

6 ★ Spirit or Vapor symbolized by the floating

lines ( ) comes from the point X
strokes
 Meaning: Car,
Onyomi: Wheel
Kunyomi: Sha [ し
Vocabulary ゃ]
: Kuruma
[ くるま ]
電車 - で
んしゃ -
densha –
7 ★ It looks like a carTrain
axle seen from above

strokes
 Meaning: Gate
Onyomi: Mon ( モン )
Kunyomi:
Vocabulary 専門 せんもん Senmon
: Speciality

8 strokes
 Meaning: Noon
Onyomi: Go
Kunyomi: [ご]
Vocabulary /
: Morning 午前 -
ごぜ
ん-
gozen
-
4 ★ You may think of the kanji for ten ( 十 ) plus
two strokes which gives 12 like in 12:00 or noon
strokes
 Meaning: Big, a lot
Onyomi: Dai/Tai [ だい / たい ]
Kunyomi: Oo(kii)/Oo(i) [ おお ( き
い )/ おお ( い )]
Vocabulary: 大学 - だいがく - daigaku -
University

3 ★ It looks like a Big man with his arms and

strokes legs spread wide open
 Meaning: Small
Onyomi: Shou [ しょう ]
Kunyomi: Chii(sai) / Ko / O [ ちい ( さ
い )/
Vocabulary: こ/お]
小麦 - こむぎ - komugi –
Flour

3 ★ You may think of two Small fishes swimming

around a hook
strokes
 Meaning: High, expensive, increase
Onyomi: Kou [ こう ]
Kunyomi: Taka(i)/Taka(maru)/
Taka(meru) [ たか ( い )/ たか ( ま
る )] る )/ たか ( め
Vocabulary 高速 - こうそく -
: High kousoku -
speed

10
★ It looks like a High Japanese
strokes temple
 Meaning: Cheap, Peace, Safety
Onyomi: An [ あん ]
Kunyomi: Yasu(i) [ やす (i)]
Vocabulary 安全 - あんぜん -
: anzen - Safety

★ Buying a woman ( 女 ) a crown ( ) isn’t

Cheap but brings Peace
6
strokes
 Meaning: New
Onyomi: Shin [ しん ]
Kunyomi: Atara(shii)/ Ara(ta)[ あたら
い )/ ( し あら ( た )]
Vocabulary 新聞 - しんぶん – shinbun
: Newspaper

13 ★ When you cut ( ) the links with your

strokes relatives ( ) you can start a New life.
 Meaning: Old, used
Onyomi: Ko [ こ ]
Kunyomi: Furu(i)
Vocabulary [ ふる
: ( い )]
中古車 -
ちゅう
こしゃ -
ch
5 ★ When you say ( 口 ) something
times it becomes Old
uu
ko
ten ( 十 )

strokes sh
a-
Us
ed
car
 Meaning: Long, leader
Onyomi: Chou [ ちょう ]
Kunyomi: Naga(i) [ なが
Vocabulary ( い )]
:– 社長 - しゃち
ょう - shachou
CEO

8 ★ It looks like a comb going through long hair

strokes
 Meaning: Many
Onyomi: Ta
Kunyomi: [た]
Vocabulary Oo(i)
: [ おお
( い )]
多分
- た
ぶん
6 ★ One evening ( 夕- ) out is good but two
( 多 ) is too Many tabun
strokes -
Proba
bly
 Meaning: A little, Few
Onyomi: Shou [ しょう ]
Kunyomi: Suko(shi)/Suku(nai) [ すこ
い )/ ( し すく ( ない ]
Vocabulary 少女 - しょうじょ -
: shoujo –
Young girl

★ Something small ( 小 ) slashed ( ) to make it

4 even smaller.

strokes
 Meaning: Early
Onyomi: Sou ( ソウ )
Kunyomi: Hayai ( はやい）
Vocabulary 早朝 そうちょう Souchou
: Early Morning

7 strokes
 Meaning: To walk, to go, to carry out
Onyomi: Kou [ こう ]
Kunyomi: I(ku)/Yu(ku)/Okona(u) [ い
(く)/
Vocabulary: ゆ（く） / おこな ( う )]
Bank 銀行 - ぎんこう - ginkou –

6 ★ It looks like a bridge upon a river

strokes which is opening up for boats to Go through.
 Meaning: To come
Onyomi: Rai [ らい ]
Kunyomi: Ku(ru)/Kita(ru)/Kita(su) [ く
)/ ( る きた ( る )/ きた ( す )]
Vocabulary: 来年 - らいねん - rainen -
Next year

6 ★ From rice ( 米 ) Comes at least ten

( 十 ) benefits
strokes
 Meaning: Food, To eat
Onyomi: Shoku [ しょく ]
Kunyomi: Ta(beru)/ Ku(u)/ Ku(rau) [ た
べ ( る )/ く ( う )/ く ( ら
Vocabulary: う )]
meal 食事 - しょくじ - shokuji -
A

9 ★ It is the character for good under what looks

like a roof: there is nothing better than
strokes homemade Food.
 Meaning: To see, to be visible, to
Onyomi: show Ken [ けん ]
Kunyomi: Mi(ru)/Mi(eru)/Mi(seru) [ み
( る )/ み ( える )/ み ( せ
Vocabulary: る )]
見物 - けんぶつ -
kenbutsu -
Sight seeing

7 ★ It is the character for eye on the character

for human legs, a walking eye See and is visible.
strokes
 Meaning: To enter, to insert
Onyomi: Nyuu [ にゅう ]
Kunyomi: Hai(ru)/I(ru)/I(reru) [ はい
( る )/ い ( る )/ い ( れる )]
Vocabulary: 入口 - いりぐち - iriguchi -
Entrance

2 ★ It looks like the Entrance

of a tent
strokes
 Meaning: To leave, to get
Onyomi: out Shutsu [ しゅ
Kunyomi: つ]
Vocabulary De(ru)/Da(su) [ で ( る )/ だ
: ( す )] 日の出 - ひので -
hinode - Sunrise

6 ★ It is two mountains on top of each other,

when mountains are two times higher to hike,
strokes you better leave.
 Meaning: To stand, to establish
Onyomi: Ritsu [ りつ ]
Kunyomi: Ta(tsu)/Ta(teru) [ た ( つ )/ た
る) (て
Vocabulary: ] 国立 - こくりつ -
kokuritsu -
Public establishment

5 ★ If you move the strokes a bit it looks

strokes like a man Standing
 Meaning: To write
Onyomi: Sho [ し
Kunyomi: ょ]
Vocabulary Ka(ku) [ か
: ( く )]
文書 - ぶ
んしょ -
★ To Write you need a brush
bunsho - ) and light
from the sun ( 日 )Sentence
10 (

strokes
 Meaning: Word, to talk
Onyomi: Gen/Gon [ げん / ご
Kunyomi: ん ] I(u) [ い ( う )]
Vocabulary 無言 - むごん -
: mugon –
Silence

7 ★ The lower character means mouth so it is like

lines of Words going off one’s mouth
strokes
 Meaning: Drink
Onyomi: In [ いん ]
Kunyomi: No(mu) [ の
Vocabulary ( む )]
: 飲食 - いんし
ょく - inshoku
-
Food and drinks

★ Drinking is like eating ( 食 ) but lacking ( 欠 )

12 the solids.
strokes
 Meaning: Speech, to talk, conversation
Onyomi: Wa [ わ ]
Kunyomi: hanashi/Hana(su) [ はな
し / は な ( す )]
Vocabulary: 会話 - かいわ - kaiwa -
Conversation

13 ★ Radical for say, word ( 言 ) and the one

for tongue ( 舌 )
strokes
 Meaning: To read
Onyomi: Doku/Toku [ どく / と
Kunyomi: く ] Yo(mu) [ よ ( む )]
Vocabulary 読書 - どくしょ -
: dokusho -
Reading

14 ★ Composed of say ( 言 ) and sell ( 売 ) =

books are sold for people to Read what others
strokes say
 Meaning: Word, to talk
Onyomi: Go [ ご ]
Kunyomi: Kata(ru)/Kata(rau) [ かた
( る )/
Vocabulary: かた ( らう )]
日本語 - にほんご -
nihongo - Japanese

★ Word ( ) + 5 ( ) + Mouth ( )=
14 strokes Five word spoken is already a language.
 Meaning: Time, Time span
Onyomi: Kan/Ken [ かん / け
Kunyomi: ん ] Aida [ あいだ ]
Vocabulary: 週間 - しゅうかん -
a shuukan - week time

12 ★ The sun ( 日 ) going through the gate ( 門 )

is a good indicator of the Time span
strokes
 Meaning: To hear, To listen, to ask
Onyomi: Bun/Mon [ ぶん / もん ]
Kunyomi: Ki(ku)/Ki(koeru) [ き ( く )/ き
え ( こ る )]
Vocabulary 新聞 - しんぶん -
: shinbun - Newspaper

14 ★ With the radical for gate and ear = someone is

putting his ear on the gate to hear
strokes
 Meaning: To buy
Onyomi: Bai [ ば
Kunyomi: い]
Vocabulary Ka(u) [ か
: ( う )]
買物 -
かいもの
★ When catching -akaimono
shell ( ) with a net ( )
then you don’t have- to Buy ( ばい ) it
12 Shopping

strokes
 Meaning: To rest
Onyomi: Kyuu [ きゅう ]
Kunyomi: Yasu(mu) [ やす
Vocabulary ( む )]
:- 休日 - きゅうじつ -
kyuujitsu Day off

6 ★ It is the radical of a person next to the

radical
strokes of the tree = when laying on a tree you can rest.
 Meaning: Time, Hour
Onyomi: Ji [ じ ]
Kunyomi: Toki [ とき ]
Vocabulary 時計 - とけい - tokei - A
: watch

★ Composed of sun ( 日 ) and temple ( 寺 ), in

10 Temples, monks know the Time by watching the
position of the sun.
strokes
 Meaning: Week
Onyomi: Shuu [ しゅう ]
Kunyomi: Hito [ ひと ]
Vocabulary 今週 - こんしゅう -
: konshuu - This week

★ When the days have gone ( ) through one

11 full circle ( ) it is a Week
strokes
 Meaning: Street, path, way
Onyomi: Dou [ どう ]
Kunyomi: Michi [ みち ]
Vocabulary 国道 - こくどう -
: kokudou - National Highway

★ I twisted my neck ( 首 ) while searching

12 for
signs indicating the right Way
strokes
 Meaning: Now
Onyomi: Kon/Kin [ こん / きん ]
Kunyomi: Ima [ いま ]
Vocabulary: 今朝 - けさ - kesa -
morning This

4 ★ The bottom stokes looks like the hands of a

clock that indicates what time it is Now.
strokes
 Meaning: To meet /
Onyomi: society Kai/E
Kunyomi: [ かい / え ]
Vocabulary A(u) [ あ ( う )]
: 会社 - かいし
ゃ - kaisha –
Company

6 ★ You handshake when

Meeting people
strokes (by KansaiBanzai)
 Meaning: Shinto/Shrine/
Onyomi: society Sha [ しゃ ]
Kunyomi: Yashiro [ やしろ ]
Vocabulary 会社 - かいしゃ -
: shakai -
Society

★ Modern Societies always put a sign ( )

on the ground ( 土 ) they own
7
strokes
 Meaning: Shop
Onyomi: Ten [ てん ]
Kunyomi: Mise [ み
Vocabulary せ]
: 店長 - て
んちょう -
tenchou -
Store
Manager
★ The fortune teller’s Shop ( 占 ) is in
8 a mysterious cave ( )
strokes
 Meaning: Station
Onyomi: Eki [ え
Kunyomi: き]
Vocabulary /
: 発駅 -
はつえ
き -
★ Beforehatsueki
taking the train you have to
go to the Station by- horse ( 馬 )
14 Departur
e station
strokes
 Meaning: Flower, blossom
Onyomi: Ka [ か ]
Kunyomi: Hana [ は
Vocabulary な]
: 花瓶 - か
びん -
★ Weed ( ) sometime changes ( 化 )
kabin - Vase
into flowers ( 花 )

7
strokes
 Meaning: Country
Onyomi: Koku [ こ
Kunyomi: く ] Kuni
Vocabulary [ くに ]
: 国籍 - こ
くせき -
kokuseki -
Nationalit
y
★ Balls ( 玉 ) can represent the heads of
8 people living in a country with its frontiers
strokes (口)
 Meaning: White
Onyomi: Haku/Byaku [ はく / びゃく ]
Kunyomi: Shiro(i)/Shiro [ しろ ( い )/ し
Vocabulary ろ ] 白人 - はくじん -
: hakujin - White person,
Caucasian

★ It is a drop on the sun, if a big drop was to fall

5 on the sun it would turn white
strokes
 Meaning: Sky, to become free, empty
Onyomi: Kuu [ くう ]
Kunyomi: Sora/A(keru)/Kara [ そ
け ら / あ ( る )/ から ]
Vocabulary 空港 - くうこう - kuukou
: -
Airport

8 ★ Working ( 工 ) in a hole ( 穴 ) makes you

feel empty.
strokes
 Meaning: Electricity
Onyomi: Den [ で
Kunyomi: ん]
Vocabulary /
: 電気 - で
んき -
denki -
electricity

13 ★ During rain ( 雨 ) storms the air is filled

with Electricity and lightning
strokes