肉

SSC_0323
Originally uploaded by kuidaore.

Meat

• meso
  

肉（ニク）
niku

肉


* 肉 turned into the 月 radical （にくづき）:
腰 waist, hip
胸 chest
股 crotch
脂 body fat
腕 arm
脇 arm pit
肩 shoulder

See 月

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Radical: 肉
Stroke Count: 6
音：ニク
訓：-
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明

Sun and Mandy Moon
Originally uploaded by mmartis1.

Bright, light [in color]

• sjajno (long a), svijetlo (long e)
  

明（あか）るい - bright, light (adjective)
akarui

明（メイ）暗（アン） - light and shade [darkness]
meian

*irregular*
明日（あす、あした、みょうにち） - tomorrow
asu, ashita, myounichi

明

See 日, 月, 朝

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Radical: 日
Stroke Count: 8
音：ミョウ・メイ・ミン
訓：あ・あか・あき
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月

moon
Originally uploaded by Phillip Lovell.

Moon

• mjesec
  

月（つき） - moon, month
tsuki

月（ゲツ）曜日（ヨウビ） - Monday
getsuyoubi

月（ゲッ）光（コウ）　- moonlight
gekkou

月

* 月 is also used with kanjis that represent body parts such as:
腰 waist, hip
胸 chest
股 crotch
脂 body fat
腕 arm
脇 arm pit
肩 shoulder

See 肉, 夕

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Radical: 月
Stroke Count: 4
音：ガツ・ゲツ
訓：つき
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日

three sun morning
Originally uploaded by Feuillu.

Sun

• sunce
  

日（ひ） - day, sun
hi

日（ニチ）曜日（ヨウビ） - Sunday
nichiyoubi

日光（ニッコウ） - sunlight
nikkou

日本（ニホン, ニッポン） - Japan
nihon/nippon

日

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Radical: 日
Stroke Count: 4
音：ジツ・ニチ
訓：か・ひ
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炎

Flame VI
Originally uploaded by Kent Holloway

Flame

• plamen

炎（ほのお）
honoo

炎（エン）天（テン）　- hot weather, the scorching sun
enten

炎

- "Harry Potter i plameni pehar"
- "harii pottaa to honoo no goburetto"
- 「ハリー・ポッターと炎のゴブレット」
- "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire"

See 火

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Radical: 火
Stroke Count: 8
音：エン
訓：ほのお
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火

Fire 1
Originally uploaded by DrPete.

Fire

• vatra
  

火（ひ） - any type of fire
hi

火（カ）事（ジ） - a fire [accident]
kaji
- požar

火（カ）曜（ヨウ）日（ビ） - Tuesday
kayoubi


火

See 炎

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Radical: 火
Stroke Count: 4
音：カ
訓：ひ・（ほ）
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州

Moss & Motion
Originally uploaded by nailbender.

Cay, continent, county, province, state

• cay - prud, otočić
• continent - kontinent
• county - okrug, pokrajina
  
• province - provincija, pokrajina
  
• state - država

州（しゅう）- province, state
shuu

州（す）- cay, holm, sandbar, sandbank
su

ミシガン州（しゅう） - The state of Michigan
mishigan-shuu

三（さん）角（かく）州（す）- delta
sankakusu

州（洲）

See 川

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Radical:　川
Stroke Count: 6
音：シュウ
訓：す
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The water radical

Originally uploaded by glenn..

水 / 川　makes the さんずい radical (the three little lines) , which is used with a kanji that relates to water.


湖 lake - jezero
海 sea, ocean - more, ocean
泳 swim - plivati
泡 bubble - mjehur
洗 wash - prati, oprati
汁 juice, soup, sap - sok, juha
液 liquid, fluid - tekućina
etc.

川

River Llugwy
Originally uploaded by Stu Worrall.

River

• rijeka

川（かわ）
kawa

川

- Rijeka je brza.
- sono kawa wa [nagare ga] hayai desu.
- その川は[流れが]速いです。
- The river is swift.

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Radical: 川
Stroke Count: 3
音：セン
訓：かわ
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水

water splash
Originally uploaded by Andwar.


Autumn Flood
Originally uploaded by Ed Karjala.

Water

• voda
  

水（みず）
mizu

水（スイ）曜日（ヨウビ） - Wednesday
suiyoubi

水（スイ）泳（エイ） - swimming
suiei

水


This kanji originally looked like this:



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Radical: 水
Stroke Count: 4
音：スイ
訓：みず
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森

Verglas*
Originally uploaded by imapix.

Forest

• šuma
  

森（もり）
mori

森

cf. 木、林、森

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Radical: 木
Stroke Count: 12
音：シン
訓：もり
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林

Hansel and Gretel
Originally uploaded by Sabine75.

Woods

• šuma
  

林（はやし）
hayashi

林

cf. 木、林、森

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Radical: 木
Stroke Count: 8
音：リン
訓：はやし
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木

Untitled
Originally uploaded by University of Michigan News

Tree

• drvo
  

木（き）
ki

木（モク）曜日（ヨウビ） - Thursday
mokuyoubi

• četvrtak
  

木

cf. 木、林、森, 本

* 木 makes the tree radical, きへん(ki-hen)

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Radical: 木
Stroke Count: 4
音：ボク・モク
訓：き・こ
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車

In the Barn 2
Originally uploaded by babaoflia.

Wheel

• točak točkovi
• kotač, kotači
  

車（くるま） - wheel, car
kuruma

• auto, točak, kotač
  

車（シャ）輪（リン） - wheel
sharin

• točak, kotač

自（ジ）動（ドウ）車（シャ） - automobile, car
jidousha

• automobil, vozilo
  

- Idem u školu autom.
- watashi wa kuruma de gakkou e ikimasu.
- 私は車で学校へ行きます。
- I go to school by car.

- Stolica ima točkove.
- sono isu ni wa kuruma ga tsuite imasu.
- その椅子には車がついています。
- The chair has wheels.

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Radical: 車
Stroke Count: 7
音：シャ
訓：くるま
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