Today we're learning the first five Grade 1 kanji meanings.
In this handy guide, I'll give a basic meaning of each kanji and a simple memory story you can use to remember the meaning. Or if you'd rather, you can make up your own stories! Whatever makes the kanji easiest for you to remember is best.
Wait, why should I learn just the meanings and not the pronunciation too? Isn't that wasting time?
Great question! There are other websites that can explain this better than I can, but here's the nutshell version: There are several pronunciations of each kanji, and each time you encounter kanji as part of a word, it'll likely be different. By learning the meanings, you'll be able to learn words faster, and remembering the meaning of the word will come more naturally.
Let's get started!
日
Meaning: day, sun
Imagine looking out your bedroom window at the brand-new, sunny day.
Imagine looking out your bedroom window at the brand-new, sunny day.
one
There is just one stroke in this kanji! You can also think of it as a number "1" on its side.人
person
Doesn't this one look a little like a stick person with their arms behind their back where you can't see them?
年
year
A person visits the well every year.
Radicals:
人 person
井 (a) well
大
large
This kanji looks like a person with their arms and legs stretched out wide to express how big something is.
Great job today! Stay tuned for more fun lessons. Don't forget to practice!
またね!
-Kitty
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