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Kanji Learning for Beginners

The document discusses three groups of kanji characters: Jōyō, Jinmeiyō, and Hyōgaiji. The Jōyō kanji are the most commonly used characters taught in schools. The Jinmeiyō kanji are commonly used in names. The Hyōgaiji are obsolete or replaced kanji. Knowing the radicals of kanji can help in reading unfamiliar characters.

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Kanji Learning for Beginners

The document discusses three groups of kanji characters: Jōyō, Jinmeiyō, and Hyōgaiji. The Jōyō kanji are the most commonly used characters taught in schools. The Jinmeiyō kanji are commonly used in names. The Hyōgaiji are obsolete or replaced kanji. Knowing the radicals of kanji can help in reading unfamiliar characters.

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手hand 方 direction

日 sun 見to see, to look 部 section


一 one 市city .女woman
大 big 力power 八 eight
年 year 米rice 心 heart
中 middle 自oneself 四 four
会 to meet 前before 民 people, nation
人 human being, 円yen (Japanese 対 opposite
people currency) 主 main, master
本 book 合to combine 正 right, correct
月 moon, month 立to stand 代 to substitute,
長 long 内inside generation
国 country 二two 言 to say
出 to go out 事affair, matter 九 nine
上 up, top 社company, 小 small
十 10 society 思 to think
生 life 者person 七 seven
子 child 地ground, place 山 mountain
分 minute 京capital 実 real
東 east 間interval, 入 to enter
三 three between 回 to turn around,
行 to go 田rice field time
同 same 体body
今 now 学to study
高 high, expensive 下down, under
金 money, gold 目eye
時 time 五five

場place
野field
開to open
万10,000
後 after 全whole
新 new 定to fix
明 bright, clear 家house
北north 1. The Jōyō, need to think of them as
though they were the
六six meaning 'daily individual letters of the
問question use', kanji are a English alphabet. What did
you learn before you
話to speak list of 2136 learned how to read
文letter, writings characters English words? You
動to move deemed most
learned the letters of the
alphabet.
度degree, time
commonly used
県prefecture
by the Japanese
水water
government.
安inexpensive,
peaceful Kanji on this list
氏courtesy name are taught in Components:
(Mr., Mrs.) Japanese schools. The kanji is 町, which
和harmonious, means "town." As you
can see in the image
peace above, 町 is made up of
政government, 2. The Jinmeiyō,
two radicals:
politics meaning 'used in
保to maintain, to names', is a set of 1. 田 (rice paddy)
2. 丁 (street)
keep 843 kanji
表to express, surface commonly used
道way in Japanese
相phase, mutual names

3. The Hyōgaiji is
'everything else' -
all kanji that are
意mind, meaning
no longer in use,
発to start, to emit
不not, un-, in- or replaced by
党political party alternative
versions.
Three Groups of Kanji Reading Kanji by Knowing
Characters : Radicals
When thinking of radicals
and their usefulness, you
方入小地
合後目長
場代私下
立部学物
月田何来
彼話体動
社知理山
内同心発
高実作当
新世今書
Ex: of Jouyou

人一日大 度明五戦
年出本中 力名金性
子見国言 対意用男
上分生手 主通関文
自行者二 屋感郎業
間事思時 定政持道
気会十家 外取所現
女三前的

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