Kanjibookjlptn5

About this book
This book helps beginners of the Japanese language memorizing and
writing the first 103 kanji characters required for the Japanese
Language Proficiency Test N5.
Each kanji is represented on one page featuring:
 Its meaning
 The onyomi and kunyomi readings
 Vocabulary that includes this kanji
 The number of strokes and the stroke order with a link to the
NIHONGO ICHIBAN website to video showing the stroke order
 The radicals (components) the kanji consists of
 A hint to help memorizing the kanji
 A grid to exercise writing
You can print each page on your own printer and repeat the writing
exercises as often as you like.

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The Japanese writing system
The Japanese written language consists of a combination of three types of characters. To
a lesser extend it nowadays also uses some Latin alphabet for abbreviations and
numbers.
1) Kanji (漢字)
Kanji originally came from China to Japan. The term “kanji” literally means “Han
characters” or “Chinese characters” and it is identical to the characters in China to
describe their writing.
Kanji are mainly used to describe names and nouns. When used in verbs and adjectives
they mostly are written in combination with hiragana. Most sentences include kanji as well
as hiragana.
Japanese dictionaries list around 10,000 kanji. The Japanese government limited the kanji
used in ofﬁcial publications to the 1945 touyou kanji with about 4000 readings. The
Japanese Language Proﬁciency Test (JLPT) is based on these 1945 touyou kanji.
A Japanese with average education knows around 3000 kanji and it is estimated that
around 4000 kanji are used in Japanese literature.
2) Hiragana (平仮名)
Hiragana is a phonetic alphabet that was developed in the ninth century to simplify writing.
It nowadays is mainly used for native Japanese words. Hiragana are derived from more
complex kanji and each hiragana represents a syllable. A total of 46 hiragana are used in
contemporary Japanese writing.
List of the 46 hiragana and their 25 diagritics (with ゛or ゜)
A I U E O
あ (a) い (i) う (u) え (e) お (o)
か (ka)
が (ga)
き (ki)
ぎ (gi)
く(ku)
ぐ (gu)
け (ke)
げ (ge)
こ (ko)
ご (go)
さ (sa)
ざ (za)
し (shi)
じ (ji)
す (su)
ず (zu)
せ (se)
ぜ (ze)
そ (so)
ぞ (zo)
た (ta)
だ (da)
ち (chi)
ぢ (ji)
つ (tsu)
づ (zu)
て (te)
で (de)
と (to)
ど (do)
な (na) に (ni) ぬ (nu) ね (ne) の (no)

A I U E O
は (ha)
ば (ba)
ぱ (pa)
ひ (hi)
び (bi)
ぴ (pi)
ふ (fu)
ぶ (bu)
ぷ (pu)
へ (he)
ベ (be)
ぺ (pe)
ほ (ho)
ぼ (bo)
ぽ (po)
ま (ma) み (mi) む (mu) め (me) も (mo)
や (ya) ゆ (yu) よ (yo)
ら (ra) り (ri) る (ru) れ (re) ろ (ro)
わ (wa) を (o/wo)
ん (n)
The combination of some of these hiragana is used to express a few additional sounds
used in Japanese. The ﬁrst character is written in normal size whereas the second
character is written a little bit smaller. These combinations are called digraphs.
List of 21 hiragana digraphs and their 15 diagritics
YA YU YO
きゃ (kya)
ぎゃ (gya)
きゅ (kyu)
ぎゅ (gyu)
きょ (kyo)
ぎょ (gyo)
しゃ (sha)
じゃ (ja)
しゅ (shu)
じゅ (ju)
しょ (sho)
じょ (jo)
ちゃ (cha)
ぢゃ (ja)
ちゅ (chu)
ぢゅ (ju)
ちょ (cho)
ぢょ (jo)
にゃ (nya) にゅ (nyu) にょ (nyo)
ひゃ (hya)
びゃ (bya)
ぴゃ (pya)
ひゅ (hyu)
びゅ (byu)
ぴゅ (pyu)
ひょ (hyo)
びょ (byo)
ぴょ (pyo)
みゃ (mya) みゅ (myu) みょ (myo)
りゃ (rya) りゅ (ryu) りょ (ryo)
3) Katakana (片仮名)
Katakana also is a phonetic alphabet covering the same syllable as hiragana and it
therefore also has 46 different characters. It is mainly used for foreign loanwords and
sometimes to replace kanji or hiragana for emphasis. Katakana were developed in the
ninth century and are also derived from more complex kanji.

List of the 46 basic katakana and their 25 diagritics (with ゛or ゜)
A I U E O
ア (a) イ (i) ウ (u) エ (e) オ (o)
カ (ka)
ガ (ga)
キ (ki)
ギ (gi)
ク (ku)
グ (gu)
ケ (ke)
ゲ (ge)
コ (ko)
ゴ (go)
サ (sa)
ザ (za)
シ (shi)
ジ (ji)
ス (su)
ズ (zu)
セ (se)
ゼ (ze)
ソ (so)
ゾ (zo)
タ (ta)
ダ (da)
チ (chi)
ヂ (ji)
ツ (tsu)
ヅ (zu)
テ (te)
デ (de)
ト (to)
ド (do)
ナ (na) ニ (ni) ヌ (nu) ネ (ne) ノ (no)
ハ (ha)
バ (ba)
パ (pa)
ヒ (hi)
ビ (bi)
ピ (pi)
フ (fu)
ブ (bu)
プ (pu)
ヘ (he)
ベ (be)
ペ pe)
ホ (ho)
ボ (bo)
ポ(po)
マ (ma) ミ (mi) ム (mu) メ (me) モ (mo)
ヤ (ya) ユ (yu) ヨ (yo)
ラ (ra) リ (ri) ル (ru) レ (re) ロ (ro)
ワ (wa) ヲ (o/wo)
ン (n)
As with hiragana there also are combinations to express the other sounds required for the
Japanese language.
List of 21 katakana digraphs and their 15 diagritics
YA YU YO
キャ (kya)
ギャ (gya)
キュ (kyu)
ギュ (gyu)
キョ (kyo)
ギョ (gyo)
シャ (sha)
ジャ (ja)
シュ (shu)
ジュ (ju)
ショ (sho)
ジョ (jo)
チャ (cha)
ぢゃ (ja)
チュ (chu)
ヂュ (ju)
チョ (cho)
ヂョ (jo)
ニャ (nya) ニュ (nyu) ニョ (nyo)

YA YU YO
ヒャ (hya)
ビャ (bya)
ピャ (pya)
ヒュ (hyu)
ビュ (byu)
ピュ (pyu)
ヒョ (hyo)
ビョ (byo)
ピョ (pyo)
ミャ (mya) ミュ (myu) ミョ (myo)
リャ (rya) リュ (ryu) リョ (ryo)
These 46 katakana and their variations are sufﬁcient to express all sounds used for
Japanese words. In order to get closer to the pronunciation of foreign words, a list of not
so common extended katakana is used.
List of extended katakana
A I U E O
イィ (yi) イェ (ye)
ウァ (wa) ウィ (wi) ウゥ (wu) ウェ (we) ウォ (wo)
ヴァ (va) ヴィ (vi) ヴ (vu) ヴェ (ve) ヴォ (vo)
ヴィェ (vye)
キェ (kye)
ギェ (gye)
クァ (kwa) クィ(kwi) クェ (kwe) クォ (kwo)
グァ (gwa) グィ (gwi) グェ (gwe) グォ (gwo)
シェ (she)
ジェ (je)
スィ (si)
ズィ (zi)
チェ (che)
ツァ (tsa) ツィ (tsi) ツェ (tse) ツォ (tso)
ティ (ti) テゥ (tu)
ディ (di) デゥ (du)
ニェ (nye)
ヒェ (hye)
ビェ (bye)

A I U E O
ピェ (pye)
ファ (fa) フィ (ﬁ) フェ (fe) フォ (fo)
フィェ (fye)
ホゥ (hu)
ミェ (mye)
リェ (rye)
ラ゜(la) リ゜(li) ル゜(lu) レ゜(le) ロ゜(lo)
4) Writing a Japanese text
It is possible to write everything in hiragana or katakana since both scripts cover the entity
of sounds of the Japanese language, although this is not very practical due to the high
number of words having the same pronunciation but different meanings.
All characters are written one by one and in the same size. There are no spaces between
different words, which feels a little bit unusual for most foreigners. It takes time to get used
to this and easily distinguish different words.
It is important to write the strokes in the correct order and directions to give the characters
the right shape. The reason why becomes obvious when practicing with a brush pen1,
which is very much recommended for beginners.
Japanese writing is made in two directions. Horizontal writing (yokogaki) is from the left to
the right as in western style. Traditional writing (tategaki) is vertical starting from the right
top and ending at the left bottom. A book printed in tategaki opens from what Westerners
would call the back, while a book printed in yokogaki opens from what traditionally in
Japan would have been considered the back.2
1 A brush pen is a pen with a brush instead of a brush instead of the nib. You can get them in some
Japanese shops or via mail order.
2 Wikipedia, Japanese writing system

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Meaning: One
Onyomi: Ichi / Itsu [いち/いつ]
Kunyomi: Hito [ひと]
Vocabulary: 一口 - ひとくち - hitokuchi -
One bite
To check the strokes order click on the link or
search 4E00 on Nihongo Ichiban
★ 一 is just one stroke
1 stroke

in Japan!
Meaning: Two
Onyomi: Ni [に]
Kunyomi: Futa [ふた]
Vocabulary: 二人 - ふたり - futari - Two
persons
search 4E8C on Nihongo Ichiban
★ 二 is made of two strokes 一 + 一 = 二
1 + 1 = 22 strokes

in Japan!
3 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 + 二
1 + 2 = 3

in Japan!
Meaning: Four
Onyomi: Shi [し]
Kunyomi: Yo / Yu / Yon [よ/ゆ/よん]
Vocabulary: 四季 - しき - shiki - The 4
seasons
search 56DB on Nihongo Ichiban
★ There are four sides to a square
5 strokes

in Japan!
Meaning: Five
Onyomi: Go [ご]
Kunyomi: Itsu [いつ]
Vocabulary: 五つ - いつつ - itsutsu - Five
(ordinal number)
★ It looks like the number 5
4 strokes

in Japan!
Meaning: Six
Onyomi: Roku [ろく]
Kunyomi: Mu/Mut/Mui [む/むっ/むい]
Vocabulary: 六つ - むっつ - muttsu - Six
(ordinal number)
search 516D on Nihongo Ichiban
★ 6 can be written VI if you turn them
around you get 六4 strokes

in Japan!
Meaning: Seven
Onyomi: Shichi [しち]
Kunyomi: Nana/Nano [なな/なの]
Vocabulary: 七月 – しちがつ – shichigatsu
- July
★ It is a 7 inverted
2 strokes

in Japan!
Meaning: Eight
Onyomi: Hachi [はち]
Kunyomi: Yat/Ya/You [やっ/や/よう]
Vocabulary: 八つ - やっつ - Yattsu – Eight
(ordinal number)
search 516B on Nihongo Ichiban
★ When following the simple shape
of the 8 you get 八
2 strokes

in Japan!
Meaning: Nine
Onyomi: Kyuu/Ku [きゅう/く]
Kunyomi: Kokono [ここの]
Vocabulary: 九日 - ここのか - Kokonoka -
The 9th
Code NIHONGO ICHIBAN: 4E5D
search 4E5D on Nihongo Ichiban
★ You can see the shape of a 9
with a little imagination
2 strokes

in Japan!
Meaning: Ten
Onyomi: Juu/Ji [じゅう/じ]
Kunyomi: Too [とお]
Vocabulary: 十日 - とおか - Tooka – The
10th
search 5341 on Nihongo Ichiban
★ 10 can be written X
2 strokes

in Japan!
Meaning: Hundred
Onyomi: Hyaku [ひゃく]
Kunyomi: /
Vocabulary: 百貨店 - ひゃっかてん -
Hyakkaten - A mall
search 767E on Nihongo Ichiban
★ 100 ->6 strokes
I00

in Japan!
Meaning: Thousand
Onyomi: Sen [せん]
Kunyomi: Chi [ち]
Vocabulary: 二千円 - にせんえん -
nisenen - Two thousand Yen
★ Thousand starts with the letter T
3 strokes

in Japan!
Meaning: Ten thousand
Onyomi: Man/Ban [まん/ばん]
Kunyomi: /
Vocabulary: 万引き - まんびき - manbiki –
Shoplifting
★ It looks like a capital T and a h combined like
in Thousand and the capital T also stands for Ten3 strokes

in Japan!
Meaning: Water
Onyomi: Sui [すい]
Kunyomi: Mizu [みず]
Vocabulary: 水道 - すいどう - suidou -
Water pipe
search 6C34 on Nihongo Ichiban
★ It can represent the current of water
4 strokes

in Japan!
Meaning: Fire
Onyomi: Ka [か]
Kunyomi: Hi [ひ]
Vocabulary: 火山 - かざん - kazan –
Volcano
★ It looks like a camp fire with flames flying
around.
4 strokes

in Japan!
Meaning: Tree, wood
Onyomi: Boku/Moku [ぼく/もく]
Kunyomi: Ki/Ko [き/こ]
Vocabulary: 木曜日 - もくようび -
mokuyoubi – Thursday
★ It is easy to remember since it looks like a tree
!
4 strokes

in Japan!
Meaning: Sky
Onyomi: Ten [てん]
Kunyomi: Ame, Ama [あめ/あま]
Vocabulary: 天気 - てんき - tenki –
Weather
★ Heaven is one (一) big (大) place !
4 strokes

in Japan!
Meaning: Earth, Ground
Onyomi: : Do / To [ど/と]
Kunyomi: Tsuchi [つち]
Vocabulary: 土 - つち - tsuchi – Earth
search 571F on Nihongo Ichiban
★ It looks like a cross on a grave buried
in the ground
3 strokes

in Japan!
Meaning: North
Onyomi: Hoku [ほく]
Kunyomi: Kita [きた]
Vocabulary: 北米 - ほくべい - hokubei -
North America
Check the strokes order and learn more
vocabulary on Nihongo Ichiban code: 5317
★ When putting it together it looks like
a ladder to go up NORTH
5 strokes

in Japan!
Meaning: East
Onyomi: Tou [とう]
Kunyomi: Higashi [ひがし]
Vocabulary: 東京 - とうきょう - toukyou -
Tokyo
★ The sun (日) rise behind a tree (木) on the
East.
8 strokes

in Japan!
Meaning: West
Onyomi: Sei /Sai [せい/さい]
Kunyomi: Nishi [にし]
Vocabulary: 西暦 - せいれき - seireki -
Christian era
★ The upper part looks like the Greek symbol π
(Pi). Greek is a western country
6 strokes

in Japan!
Meaning: South
Onyomi: Nan [なん]
Kunyomi: Minami [みなみ]
Vocabulary: 南米 - なんべい - nanbei -
South America
★ In the South there are many believers
who give lots of money(¥) to the churches9 strokes

in Japan!
Meaning: Left
Onyomi: Sa [さ]
Kunyomi: Hidari [ひだり]
Vocabulary: 左折 - させつ - sasetsu - To
turn left
search 5DE6 on Nihongo Ichiban
★ The hand ( ) is on the left of something
working (工)
5 strokes

in Japan!
Meaning: Right
Onyomi: U / Yuu [う / ゆう]
Kunyomi: Migi [みぎ]
Vocabulary: 右岸 - うがん - ugan - Right
Shore
search 53F3 on Nihongo Ichiban
★ On a map the restaurant
(mouth 口) is on the right of the intersection
5 strokes

in Japan!
Meaning: Day, Sun
Onyomi: Nichi/Jitsu [にち/じつ]
Kunyomi: Hi/Ka [ひ/か]
Vocabulary: 日本 - にほん - nihon - Japan
★
4 strokes

in Japan!
Meaning: Month, moon
Onyomi: Getsu/Gatsu [げつ/がつ]
Kunyomi: Tsuki [つき]
Vocabulary: 満月 - まんげつ - mangetsu -
Full moon
★ It looks like a quarter of the moon
4 stroke

in Japan!
Meaning: Flower, blossom
Onyomi: Ka [か]
Kunyomi: Hana [はな]
Vocabulary: 花瓶 - かびん - kabin - Vase
search 82B1 on Nihongo Ichiban
★ Weed ( ) sometime changes (化) into
flowers (花)7 strokes

in Japan!
Meaning: Fish
Onyomi: Gyo [ぎょ]
Kunyomi: Sakana / Uo [さかな/うお]
Vocabulary: 金魚 - きんぎょ - kingyo –
Goldfish
search 9B5A on Nihongo Ichiban
★ It looks like a fish swimming upward.10 strokes

in Japan!
Meaning: Sky, to become free, empty
Onyomi: Kuu [くう]
Kunyomi: Sora/A(keru)/Kara [そら/あ(
ける)/から]
Vocabulary: 空港 - くうこう - kuukou -
Airport
search 7A7A on Nihongo Ichiban
★ Working (工) in a hole (穴) makes you feel
empty.
8 strokes

in Japan!
Meaning: Mountain
Onyomi: San [さん]
Kunyomi: Yama [やま]
Vocabulary: 山羊 - やぎ - yagi - A goat
★ This Kanji has the shape of the mountain it
stands for.3 strokes

in Japan!
Meaning: River
Kunyomi: Kawa [かわ]
Vocabulary: 徳川 - とくがわ - Tokugawa -
Togugawa (Ieyasu) first
Shogun of the Tokugawa
shogunate.
search 5DDD on Nihongo Ichiban
★ The three strokes represents the current of a
river.
3 strokes

in Japan!
Meaning: Rain
Onyomi: U [う]
Kunyomi: Ame [あめ]
Vocabulary: 梅雨 - つゆ - tsuyu - Rainy
season
★ It looks like rain drops hitting a window
8 strokes

in Japan!
Meaning: Book, Source
Onyomi: Hon [ほん]
Kunyomi: Moto [もと]
Vocabulary: 本物 - ほんもの - honmono –
Original
search 672C on Nihongo Ichiban
★ Books are made from trees cut at their
bottom (hence the bottom line)
5 stroke

in Japan!
Meaning: Eye
Onyomi: Moku [もく]
Kunyomi: Me [め]
Vocabulary: 目的 - もくてき - mokuteki -
purpose, goal
search 76EE on Nihongo Ichiban
★
5 strokes

in Japan!
Meaning: Mouth
Onyomi: Kou/Ku [こう/く]
Kunyomi: Kuchi [くち]
Vocabulary: 火口 - かこう - kakou - Crater
of a volcano
★ It looks like a mouth wide open
3 strokes

in Japan!
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
middle and one part sticking out down6 strokes

in Japan!
Meaning: Hand
Onyomi: Shu [しゅ]
Kunyomi: Te [て]
Vocabulary: 空手 - からて - karate - Karate
★ It is a simplified Hand drawing giving a thumb
down
4 strokes

in Japan!
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
search 8DB3 on Nihongo Ichiban
★ It looks like a cartoon character running with
his huge Feet
7 strokes

in Japan!
Meaning: Person
Onyomi: Jin / Nin [じん/にん]
Vocabulary: 人口 - じんこう - jinkou -
Population
search 4EBA on Nihongo Ichiban
★ It looks like a Man standing with his legs
spread.
2 strokes

in Japan!
Meaning: Mother
Onyomi: Bo [ぼ]
Kunyomi: Haha [はは]
Vocabulary: 祖母 - そぼ - sobo –
Grandmother
search 6BCD on Nihongo Ichiban
★ It is suppose to represent a Mother’s breast. 5 strokes

in Japan!
Meaning: Father
Onyomi: Fu [ふ]
Kunyomi: Chichi [ちち]
Vocabulary: 祖父 - そふ - sofu -
Grandfather
★ It looks like the shape of a man with his hands
up because he became a Father.
4 strokes

in Japan!
Meaning: Woman, female
Onyomi: Jo [じょ]
Kunyomi: Onna / Me [おんな/め]
Vocabulary: 女性 - じょせい - josei -
Female
★ It looks like a ballerina
3 strokes

in Japan!
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
lower part means strength thus you need to be a
strong Man to work in the field.
7 strokes

in Japan!
Meaning: Child
Onyomi: Shi/Su [し/す]
Kunyomi: Ko [こ]
Vocabulary: 子供 - こども - kodomo - A
child
★
3 strokes

in Japan!
Meaning: Small
Onyomi: Shou [しょう]
Kunyomi: Chii(sai) / Ko / O [ちい(さい)/
こ/お]
Vocabulary: 小麦 - こむぎ - komugi – Flour
search 5C0F on Nihongo Ichiban
★ You may think of two Small fishes swimming
around a hook
3 strokes

in Japan!
Meaning: Inner, Center, Between
Onyomi: Chuu [ちゅう]
Kunyomi: Naka [なか]
Vocabulary: 中国 - ちゅうごく - chuugoku
- China
search 4E2D on Nihongo Ichiban
★ The vertical stroke cross right in the Middle of
the square
4 strokes

in Japan!
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
★ It looks like a Big man with his arms and legs
spread wide open
3 strokes

in Japan!
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
search 4E0A on Nihongo Ichiban
★ It is Above the line symbolized by the “一”
stroke
3 strokes

in Japan!
Meaning: Below, down
Onyomi: Ka/Ge [か/げ]
Kunyomi: Shita /Sa(geru)/O(rosu)/
Ku(daru) [した/さ(げる)/お(
ろす)/く(だる)]
Vocabulary: 地下鉄 - ちかてつ -
chikatetsu - METRO
search 4E0B on Nihongo Ichiban
★ It is Below the line symbolized by the “一”
stroke
3 strokes

in Japan!
Meaning: What/How many/Which
Onyomi: Ka [か]
Kunyomi: Nani [なに]
Vocabulary: 何時 - なんじ - nanji - What
time
★ What exactly can (可) a person (人) do ?
7 strokes

in Japan!
Meaning: To walk, to go, to carry out
Onyomi: Kou [こう]
Kunyomi: I(ku)/Yu(ku)/Okona(u) [い(く) /
ゆ（く）/おこな(う)]
Vocabulary: 銀行 - ぎんこう - ginkou –
Bank
search 884C on Nihongo Ichiban
★ It looks like a bridge upon a river
which is opening up for boats to Go through.
6 strokes

in Japan!
Meaning: To see, to be visible, to show
Onyomi: Ken [けん]
Kunyomi: Mi(ru)/Mi(eru)/Mi(seru) [み
(る)/み(える)/み(せる)]
Vocabulary: 見物 - けんぶつ - kenbutsu -
Sight seeing
★ It is the character for eye on the character for
human legs, a walking eye See and is visible.
7 strokes

in Japan!
Meaning: Word, to talk
Onyomi: Gen/Gon [げん/ごん]
Kunyomi: I(u) [い(う)]
Vocabulary: 無言 - むごん - mugon –
Silence
search 8A00 on Nihongo Ichiban
★ The lower character means mouth so it is like
lines of Words going off one’s mouth7 strokes

in Japan!
Meaning: Word, to talk
Onyomi: Go [ご]
Kunyomi: Kata(ru)/Kata(rau) [かた(る)/
かた(らう)]
Vocabulary: 日本語 - にほんご - nihongo -
Japanese
search 8A9E on Nihongo Ichiban
★ Word ( ) + 5 ( ) + Mouth ( ) = Five
word spoken is already a language.
14 strokes

in Japan!
Meaning: Food, To eat
Onyomi: Shoku [しょく]
Kunyomi: Ta(beru)/ Ku(u)/ Ku(rau) [たべ
(る)/く(う)/く(らう)]
Vocabulary: 食事 -しょくじ - shokuji - A
meal
search 98DF on Nihongo Ichiban
★ It is the character for good under what looks
like a roof: there is nothing better than
homemade Food.
9 strokes

in Japan!
Meaning: Drink
Onyomi: In [いん]
Kunyomi: No(mu) [の(む)]
Vocabulary: 飲食 - いんしょく - inshoku -
Food and drinks
★ Drinking is like eating (食) but lacking (欠) the
solids.12 strokes

in Japan!
Meaning: To meet / society
Onyomi: Kai/E [かい/え]
Kunyomi: A(u) [あ(う)]
Vocabulary: 会社 - かいしゃ - kaisha –
Company
search 4F1A on Nihongo Ichiban
★ You handshake when
Meeting people
(by KansaiBanzai)
6 strokes

in Japan!
Meaning: School, Science, to learn
Onyomi: Gaku [がく]
Kunyomi: Mana(bu) [まな(ぶ)]
Vocabulary: 大学 - だいがく - daigaku -
University
★ It is the character for child under what looks
like a roof. School is the place where children
Learn
8 strokes

in Japan!
Meaning: To rest
Onyomi: Kyuu [きゅう]
Kunyomi: Yasu(mu) [やす(む)]
Vocabulary: 休日 - きゅうじつ - kyuujitsu
- Day off
★ It is the radical of a person next to the radical
of the tree = when laying on a tree you can rest.
6 strokes

in Japan!
Meaning: To buy
Onyomi: Bai [ばい]
Kunyomi: Ka(u) [か(う)]
Vocabulary: 買物 - かいもの - kaimono -
Shopping
search 8CB7 on Nihongo Ichiban
★ When catching a shell ( ) with a net ( )
then you don’t have to Buy (ばい) it
12 strokes

in Japan!
Meaning: To hear, To listen, to ask
Onyomi: Bun/Mon [ぶん/もん]
Kunyomi: Ki(ku)/Ki(koeru) [き(く)/き(こ
える)]
Vocabulary: 新聞 - しんぶん - shinbun -
Newspaper
★ With the radical for gate and ear = someone is
putting his ear on the gate to hear
14 strokes

in Japan!
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
★ From rice (米) Comes at least ten (十)
benefits
6 strokes

in Japan!
Meaning: To stand, to establish
Onyomi: Ritsu [りつ]
Kunyomi: Ta(tsu)/Ta(teru) [た(つ)/た(て
る)]
Vocabulary: 国立 - こくりつ - kokuritsu -
Public establishment
search 7ACB on Nihongo Ichiban
★ If you move the strokes a bit it looks
like a man Standing
5 strokes

in Japan!
Meaning: To live, to grow, be born, raw
Onyomi: Sei / Shou [せい/しょう]
Kunyomi: : I(kiru)/U(mu)Nama/Ki [い(き
る)/う(む)/なま/き]
Vocabulary: 学生 - がくせい - gakusei - a
Student
★ It is like a small tree on which water is
poured so that is Grows and Lives.
5 strokes

in Japan!
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
search 8A71 on Nihongo Ichiban
★ Radical for say, word (言) and the one for
tongue (舌)
13 strokes

in Japan!
Meaning: To leave, to get out
Onyomi: Shutsu [しゅつ]
Kunyomi: De(ru)/Da(su) [で(る)/だ(す)]
Vocabulary: 日の出 - ひので - hinode -
Sunrise
search 51FA on Nihongo Ichiban
★ It is two mountains on top of each other,
when mountains are two times higher to hike,
you better leave.
6 strokes

in Japan!
Meaning: To read
Onyomi: Doku/Toku [どく/とく]
Kunyomi: Yo(mu) [よ(む)]
Vocabulary: 読書 - どくしょ - dokusho -
Reading
search 8AAD on Nihongo Ichiban
★ Composed of say (言) and sell (売) = books
are sold for people to Read what others say
14 strokes

in Japan!
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
★ It looks like the Entrance of
a tent
2 strokes

in Japan!
Meaning: To write
Onyomi: Sho [しょ]
Kunyomi: Ka(ku) [か(く)]
Vocabulary: 文書 - ぶんしょ - bunsho -
Sentence
★ To Write you need a brush ( ) and light
from the sun (日)
10 strokes

in Japan!
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
search 5F8C on Nihongo Ichiban
★ If you walk slowly ( ) with small ( )
Steps ( ) you will be left Behind
9 strokes

in Japan!
Meaning: Old, used
Onyomi: Ko [こ]
Kunyomi: Furu(i) [ふる(い)]
Vocabulary: 中古車 - ちゅうこしゃ -
chuukosha - Used car
★ When you say (口) something ten (十) times
it becomes Old
5 strokes

in Japan!
Meaning: High, expensive, increase
Kunyomi: Taka(i)/Taka(maru)/Taka(meru)
[たか(い)/たか(まる)/たか(め
る)]
Vocabulary: 高速 - こうそく - kousoku -
High speed
search 9AD8 on Nihongo Ichiban
★ It looks like a High Japanese temple
10 strokes

in Japan!
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

in Japan!
Meaning: Many
Onyomi: Ta [た]
Kunyomi: Oo(i) [おお(い)]
Vocabulary: 多分 - たぶん - tabun -
Probably
search 591A on Nihongo Ichiban
★ One evening (夕) out is good but two (多) is
too Many
6 strokes

in Japan!
Meaning: New
Onyomi: Shin [しん]
Kunyomi: Atara(shii)/ Ara(ta)[あたら(し
い)/ あら(た)]
Vocabulary: 新聞 - しんぶん – shinbun
Newspaper
★ When you cut ( ) the links with your
relatives ( ) you can start a New life.
13 strokes

in Japan!
Meaning: A little, Few
Onyomi: Shou [しょう]
Kunyomi: Suko(shi)/Suku(nai) [すこ(し
い)/ すく(ない]
Vocabulary: 少女 - しょうじょ - shoujo –
Young girl
★ Something small (小) slashed ( ) to make it
even smaller.
4 strokes

in Japan!
Meaning: Long, leader
Onyomi: Chou [ちょう]
Kunyomi: Naga(i) [なが(い)]
Vocabulary: 社長 - しゃちょう - shachou
– CEO
★ It looks like a comb going through long hair
8 strokes

in Japan!
Meaning: White
Onyomi: Haku/Byaku [はく/びゃく]
Kunyomi: Shiro(i)/Shiro [しろ(い)/しろ]
Vocabulary: 白人 - はくじん - hakujin -
White person, Caucasian
★ It is a drop on the sun, if a big drop was to fall
on the sun it would turn white5 strokes

in Japan!
Meaning: Part, Minute, To divide, To
understand
Onyomi: Fun/Bu [ふん/ぶ]
Kunyomi: Wa(keru)/Wa(karu)/
Wa(kareru) [わ(ける)/わ(かる)/
わ(かれる)]
Vocabulary: 自分 - じぶん - jibun - Oneself
★ Something divided in equal part
4 strokes

in Japan!
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
Temples, monks know the Time by watching the
position of the sun.
10 strokes

in Japan!
Meaning: Time, Time span
Onyomi: Kan/Ken [かん/けん]
Kunyomi: Aida [あいだ]
Vocabulary: 週間 - しゅうかん - shuukan -
a week time
★ The sun (日) going through the gate (門) is a
good indicator of the Time span
12 strokes

in Japan!
Meaning: Week
Onyomi: Shuu [しゅう]
Vocabulary: 今週 - こんしゅう - konshuu -
This week
★ When the days have gone ( ) through one
full circle ( ) it is a Week11 strokes

in Japan!
6 strokes
Meaning: Year
Onyomi: Nen [ねん]
Kunyomi: Toshi [とし]
Vocabulary: 今年 - ことし - kotoshi - This
year
★ Originally a rice plant ( ) and a bending
person above for the Annual harvest symbolizing
the cycle of the years.

in Japan!
Meaning: Now
Onyomi: Kon/Kin [こん/きん]
Kunyomi: Ima [いま]
Vocabulary: 今朝 - けさ - kesa - This
morning
search 4ECA on Nihongo Ichiban
★ The bottom stokes looks like the hands of a
clock that indicates what time it is Now.
4 strokes

in Japan!
Meaning: Before, in future
Kunyomi: Saki [さき]
Vocabulary: 先ず - まず - mazu - First of all
★ It looks like a man with long legs standing
Before everyone else leading the way with his
flag (ノ)
6 strokes

in Japan!
Meaning: Before
Onyomi: Zen [ぜん]
Kunyomi: Mae [まえ]
Vocabulary: 名前 - なまえ - namae - Name
★ Eat your vegetables ( ) and meat ( )
Before it gets cold.
9 strokes

in Japan!
Meaning: Noon
Onyomi: Go [ご]
Kunyomi: /
Vocabulary: 午前 - ごぜん- gozen -
Morning
★ You may think of the kanji for ten (十) plus two
strokes which gives 12 like in 12:00 or noon
4 strokes

in Japan!
Meaning: Half, middle, semi-
Onyomi: Han [はん]
Kunyomi: Naka(ba)[なか(ば)]
Vocabulary: 半分 - はんぶん - hanbun –
Half
search 534A on Nihongo Ichiban
★ The vertical stroke cut the = sign in Half and
pass in the middle of the Two dots.
5 strokes

in Japan!
Meaning: Shop
Onyomi: Ten [てん]
Kunyomi: Mise [みせ]
Vocabulary: 店長 - てんちょう - tenchou -
Store Manager
★ The fortune teller’s Shop (占) is in a
mysterious cave ( )8 strokes

in Japan!
Meaning: Outside/Other/Foreign
Onyomi: Gai/Ge[がい/げ]
Kunyomi: Soto/Hoka [そと/ほか]
Vocabulary: 外国人 - がいこくじん -
gaikokujin - A foreigner
To check the strokes order click on the pick or
★ It looks like the katakana タ and ト that with
the Other Katakana are usually use for Foreign
words
5 strokes

in Japan!
Meaning: Electricity
Onyomi: Den [でん]
Kunyomi: /
Vocabulary: 電気- でんき - denki -
electricity
search 96FB on Nihongo Ichiban
★ During rain (雨) storms the air is filled with
Electricity and lightning
13 strokes

in Japan!
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 for
signs indicating the right Way12 strokes

in Japan!
Meaning: Each, every
Onyomi: Mai [まい]
Kunyomi: /
Vocabulary: 毎回 - まいかい - maikai -
Every time
search 6BCE on Nihongo Ichiban
★ Each and Every one of us (人) has a mother (
母)6 strokes

in Japan!
Meaning: Friend
Onyomi: Yuu [ゆう]
Kunyomi: Tomo [とも]
Vocabulary: 友達 - ともだち - tomodachi -
Friend
search 53CB on Nihongo Ichiban
★ It looks like two human (人) one is falling (ナ)
and the other one is helping him stands, friends
always help you and get your back
4 strokes

in Japan!
Meaning: Name
Onyomi: Mei/Myou [めい/みょう]
Kunyomi: Na [な]
Vocabulary: 名前 - なまえ - namae - Name,
firstname
★ At dusk (夕) it gets hard to see thus you have to
call people by their Name6 strokes

in Japan!
Meaning: Gold, metal, money
Onyomi: Kin/Kon [きん/こん]
Kunyomi: Kane [かね]
Vocabulary: 金曜日 - きんようび - kinyoubi
- Friday
search 91D1 on Nihongo Ichiban
★ A good king (王) does in his kingdom like in his
house ( ) divides the Money evenly ( )
8 strokes

in Japan!
Meaning: Circle, yen, round
Onyomi: En [えん]
Kunyomi: Maru(i) [まる(い)]
Vocabulary: 円い - まるい - marui - Round
★ Yen coins are Round and the kanji looks like a
bank-teller’s window
4 strokes

in Japan!
Meaning: Car, Wheel
Onyomi: Sha [しゃ]
Kunyomi: Kuruma [くるま]
Vocabulary: 電車 - でんしゃ - densha –
Train
search 8ECA on Nihongo Ichiban
★ It looks like a car axle seen from above
7 strokes

in Japan!
Meaning: Station
Onyomi: Eki [えき]
Kunyomi: /
Vocabulary: 発駅 - はつえき - hatsueki -
Departure station
Tp check the strokes order click on the link or
★ Before taking the train you have to go to
the Station by horse (馬)
14 strokes

in Japan!
Meaning: Soul, spirit, stream
Onyomi: Ki/Kei [き/け]
Kunyomi: /
Vocabulary: 天気 - てんき - tenki –
weather
★ Spirit or Vapor symbolized by the floating
lines ( ) comes from the point X
6 strokes

in Japan!
Meaning: Country
Onyomi: Koku [こく]
Kunyomi: Kuni [くに]
Vocabulary: 国籍 - こくせき - kokuseki -
Nationality
search 56FD on Nihongo Ichiban
★ Balls (玉) can represent the heads of people
living in a country with its frontiers (口)8 strokes

in Japan!
Meaning: Shinto/Shrine/society
Onyomi: 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

in Japan!
Meaning: School
Kunyomi: /
Vocabulary: 学校 - がっこう - gakkou -
School
★ You may think of the tree (木) of knowledge,
school is a place to exchange (交) knowledge
10 strokes

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