Kanji Picture Diary 漢字絵日記

脈

Red Sand Road
Originally uploaded by natemeg2006

Blood vessel, pulse, a line of connection

脈（ミャク） - the pulse
myaku

山（サン）脈（ミャク） - a mountain range
sanmyaku

脈（ミャク）絡（ラク） - coherence
myakuraku

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Radical: 肉
Stroke Count: 10
音：ミャク
訓： -
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犬

Dog Jumping 1
Originally uploaded by
smileywhiley05

Dog

犬（いぬ） - a dog
inu

野（ヤ）犬（ケン） - a stray dog
yaken

犬

犬 shows a side view of a dog, and it makes the animal radical (けものへん）.
cf.
狼 - wolf
猫 - cat
狐 - fox
猪 - wild boar
猿 - monkey
狩 - to hunt (verb)
狂 - crazy, wild (adjective)

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Radical: 犬
Stroke Count: 4
音：ケン
訓：いぬ
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内

in da box.
Originally uploaded by eisenberg

Inside

内（うち）気（キ） -shyness
uchiki

内（ナイ）臓（ゾウ） - internal organs
naizou

冂　+　入　(enter) ＝　内

The inside part is written almost like 人, but it originally came from the 入 kanji.

cf. 中

Antonym: 外
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Radical: 冂
Stroke Count: 4
音：ナイ・ダイ
訓：うち
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本

DSC_4898.JPG
Originally uploaded by autan

Base, book

本（もと） - the base of something
moto

本（ホン） - a book
hon

基（キ）本（ホン） - basis, foundation
kihon

本（ホン）当（トウ） - truth
hontou

本（ホン）質（しつ） - essence
honshitsu

本
The little horizontal line (-) in 本 indicates the base of 木 (tree).
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Radical: 木
Stroke Count: 5
音：ホン
訓：もと
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入

tent view
Originally uploaded by ronk53.

Sharpener
Originally uploaded by Big-E-Mr-G

Enter, insert

入（はい）る - to enter
hairu

入（い）れる - to insert
ireru

入（い）り口（ぐち） - entrance
iriguchi

入（い）れ物（もの） - container
iremono

入（ニュウ）学（ガク） - enter (a) school
nyuugaku

Note: 入 is different from 人!!
Imagine 入 as the head of an arrow-shaped object (↑)　to insert.
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Radical: 入
Stroke Count: 2
音：ニュウ・ジュ
訓：い・はい
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曇

Cloudy sky...
Originally uploaded by hoshizora

Cloudy, gloomy

曇（くも）る - to become cloudy
kumoru

曇（くも）り - being cloudy
kumori

日 + 雲 = 曇
It gets cloudy when the clouds hide the sun.

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Radical: 雨
Stroke Count: 16
音：ドン
訓：くも
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雷

Thunderstorm I
Originally uploaded by MontyPython

Thunder

雷（かみなり） - thunder
kaminari

雷（ライ）雨（ウ） - thunderstorm
raiu

The kanji 雷 originally looked like

.
The (+) marks indicate rolling thunders under 雨 (rain).
cf. 雨、電

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Radical: 雨
Stroke Count: 13
音：ライ
訓：かみなり
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電

Lightning
Originally uploaded by feel_the_green

Electricity

電（デン）気（キ） - electricity
denki

電（デン）子（シ） - an electron
denshi

電（デン）車（シャ） - a train
densha

電（デン）話（ワ） - a telephone
denwa

The part looking like 甲 under 雨 (rain) represents lightning.
rain + lightning = electricity
cf. 雷

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Radical: 雨
Stroke Count: 13
音：デン
訓：-
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名

Attractive Women Amuse Me
Originally uploaded by "CAVE CANEM".

Name

名（な） - name
na

名（な）前（まえ） - name
namae

名（ミョウ）字（じ） - family name, surname
myouji

名（メイ）人（ジン） - a master, an expert, a person whose name is well-known for his/her skill.
meijin

名

夕 +　口　= 名
Do you think the girl in the picture would reveal her name? :)
名 indicates that you speak up in darkness to let others know where/who you are.

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Radical: 口
Stroke Count: 6
音：ミョウ・メイ
訓：な
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外

Total Lunar Eclipse
Originally uploaded by Minouchette.

Outside

外（そと） - outside
soto

外（ガイ）国（コク） - overseas, foreign country
gaikoku

外（ガイ）食（ショク） - eating out. dining out
gaishoku

夕 + ト = 外
In ancient times, people tried to tell fortunes by looking at the moon phases. When the moon wanes, you see "the outside" of the darkened part.

See 占 for more information on ト.

→ usage examples

Antonym:　内
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Radical: 夕
Stroke Count: 3
音：ガイ・ゲ
訓：そと・はず・ほか
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夕

Crescent Moon
Originally uploaded by markkilner

Evening

夕（ゆう）方（がた） - evening, nightfall
yuugata

夕（ゆう）食（ショク） - supper, dinner [eaten in the evening]
yuushoku

夕（ゆう）日（ひ） - the evening/setting sun
yuuhi

夕

夕 represents the crescent moon.　See 月.
cf. 外、名

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Radical: 夕
Stroke Count: 3
音：セキ
訓：ゆう
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畑

Field Fires
Originally uploaded by preilley.

Field

polje (plural: polja)

畑（はたけ） - field
hatake

田（た）畑（はた） - the fields
tahata

畑

火 + 田 = 畑
Imagine a burnt field or the slash-and-burn method of cultivation.

→ usage examples

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Radical: 田
Stroke Count: 9
音： -
訓：はた・はたけ
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回

Spirals on pink
Originally uploaded by tanakawho.

Turn around, spin

okretati - (imperfective) to turn around once
okrenuti - (perfective) to turn around once
vrtiti - (imperfective) to spin, to turn around and around
zavrtiti - (perfective) to spin, to turn around and around

回る　- (vi.) to turn around, to spin
mawaru

回す - (vt.) to turn (something) around, to spin
mawasu

回想 - reminiscences, recollection, flashback
kaisou

三回 - three times
sankai

回

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Radical: 口
Stroke Count: 6
音：カイ：エ
訓：まわ
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店

Carpet store
Originally uploaded by janraposa.

Edo Era corner store
Originally uploaded by chi-jin

Shop

trgovina, prodavnica

店（みせ） - shop, store
mise

店（テン）員（イン） - salesperson, store clerk, shop assistant
ten'in

trgovac (m.) , prodavač（m.) , prodavačica (f.)

店（テン）長（チョウ） - a store manager
tenchou

店（テン）主（シュ） - a shopkeeper, a shop owner
tenshu

vlasnik trgovine (m.), vlasnica trgovine (f.)

店

广 (house, roof) + 占 =　店

店 indicates a house, built at a certain place as a result of fortune-telling, that runs a business.

→ usage examples

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Radical: 广
Stroke Count: 8
音：テン
訓：みせ・たな
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占

_MG_8217
Originally uploaded by ahmat.

Fortune-telling, to rule

proricanje - fortune telling
vladati - to rule

占（うらな）う - to tell fortunes
uranau

proricati

占（し）める - to occupy
shimeru

zauzumati, zauzeti

占（セン）領（リョウ） - to occupy
senryou

zauzimati, zauzeti

占（セン）星（セイ）術（ジュツ） - astrology
senseijutsu

astrologija

占

ト　+　口＝　占

ト represents a burnt marking on tortoise/turtle shells or animal bones, which was performed to tell fortunes in ancient times.

(cf. 店）

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Radical: ト
Stroke Count: 5
音：セン
訓：うらな・し
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今

Moroccan Lamb Tagine
Originally uploaded by Sunshine Hanan

Take off the lid
Originally uploaded by houze

Now

今（いま） - now
ima

今日（きょう）- today, this day
kyou

今（コン）日（ニチ） - nowadays, these days, today
kon'nichi

今

今 represents Ａ (a lid) and － (an object) , and it indicates to quickly put a lid on an object like Ａ . Imagine you try to hold the passing time by putting a lid on it, for now.

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Radical: 人
Stroke Count: 4
音：コン・キン
訓：いま
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町

Rice Field Mirror
Originally uploaded by timtak.

Town

町 - town
machi

田 + 丁 = 町

町 originally represented a T-shaped path between rice fields (田), but it came to mean streets in a town, and then the town itself as well.

- watashi no itoko wa hokkaidou asahikawa-shi no kamui-chou ni sunde imasu.
- 私のいとこは北海道旭川市の神居町に住んでいます。
- My cousin lives at Kamui-chou (the section called Kamui-chou) in Asahikawa, Hokkaido.

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Radical: 田
Stroke Count: 7
音：チョウ
訓：まち
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丁

nails
Originally uploaded by Tomhee.

丁 has various meanings; for example, it is used when counting particular things such as tofu or towns/municipalities.

丁（チョウ）
chou

丁 represents a nail driven into a board, and it often indicates a T shape or a right angle. (See 町)

- o-tofu yon-chou kudasai.
- お豆腐四丁下さい。
- Please give me four cakes of tofu. (= I'll take ... )

- Suzuki-san wa san-choume ni sunde imasu.
- 鈴木さんは三丁目に住んでいます。
- Mr. Suzuki lives in the 3rd section [of a town/city].

一丁（いっちょう） icchou
二丁（にちょう） ni-chou
三丁（さんちょう） san-chou
四丁（よんちょう） yon-chou
五丁（ごちょう） go-chou ...

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Radical: 一
Stroke Count: 7
音：チョウ・テイ
訓：ひのと
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