Tuesday, 20 January 2015

Kanji Day 2 - (10 basic kanji)

Another day, another 10 Kanji, little bit more detail this time as some things were missing I feel from the other page.


1)
百 (ひゃく) (Hyaku) - 100, used for counting an numbers etc


2)
千 (せん) (Sen) - 1000, used for numbers and counting etc


3)
万 (まん) (Man) - 10,000 Used for numbers and counting etc


4)
億 (おく) (Oku) - Hundred Million


5)
兆 (ちょう) (Chou) - Trillion


6)
円 (えん) (En) - Circle, Round (Japanese Yen), can represent both a circular object or shape or the Japanese Currency

円高 (えんだか) (Endaka) - Strong Yen Rate

円安 (えにゃす) (Enyasu) - Low Yen Rate

円形 (えんけい) (Enkei) - Circle, Round Shape


7)
時 Onyomi(じ) Kunyomi(とき) (Ji) or (Toki) - Time, used  to mean time or to be combined with other words to create specific times or objects (watch etc)

何時 (なんじ) (Nanji) - What Time.

時間 (じかん) (Jikan) - Time, Hour

時計 (とけい) (Tokei) - Watch


8)
寺 Kunyomi(てら) Onyomi(じ) (Tera) or (Ji) - Temple

寺僧 (じそう) (Jisou) - Buddhist Priest


9)
日 Onyomi(にち)(じつ)  Kunyomi(ひ)(か) (Nichi or Jitsu) or (Hi or Ka) - Means Sun or day, various pronunciations depending on word it is used in.

日 (ひ) (Hi) - Sun, Day.

誕生日 (たんじょうび) (Tanjyoubi) - Birthday.

日曜日 (にちようび) (Nichiyoubi) - Sunday

日本 (にほん) (Nihon) - Japan

平日 (へいじつ) (Heijitsu) - Weekday

休日 (きゅうじつ) (Kyuujitsu) - Holiday


10)
月 Onyomi(がつ)(げつ)  Kunyomi(つき) (Gatsu / Getsu) or (Tsuki) - Moon, Month

月 (つき) (Tsuki) - Moon, Month

一月 (いちがつ) (Ichigatsu) - January

先月 (せんげつ) (Sengetsu) - Last Month

今月 (こんげつ) (Kongetsu) - This Month

来月 (らいげつ) (Raigetsu) - Next Month

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