授

Give

• dati, predati (to surrender something)

授（さず）ける - give
sazukeru

授（さず）かる - be given, receive
sazukaru

授（ジュ）与（ヨ） - presentation
juyo

授

( 授　= 手 + 受 )

授 means "give and have it received". It's the side that gives. The receiving side is 受.

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Radical: 手
Stroke Count: 11
音： ジュ
訓： さず
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受

a gift from the garden
Originally uploaded by tamelyn.

Receive, accept

• primiti, dobiti, prihvatiti

受（う）ける - receive
ukeru

受（う）かる - pass [an exam], get through, to be accepted
ukaru

• proći [ispit] - to pass [an exam]
  

受（ジュ）賞（ショウ） - win [receive] a prize
jushou

• dobiti nagradu

受

受 = 爪 + 又

受 indicates to receive something by hand without dropping it. It's the side that receives. The giving side is 授.

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Radical: 又
Stroke Count: 8
音： ジュ
訓： う
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朝

Icy morn
Originally uploaded by Luke S..

Morning

• jutro
  

朝（あさ）
asa

朝

• The sun （日） rises between plants (┼┼).

Also see 明、草、早

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Radical: 月
Stroke Count: 12
音： チョウ
訓： あさ
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草

Sprung
Originally uploaded by _Dano.

Grass, plant

• trava (grass)
• biljka (plant)

草（くさ）
kusa

草（ソウ）原（ゲン） - grassy field
sougen

• travnato polje
  

草

• The top part originally looked like 艸, which meant grass/weed. 早 (sou) was added for pronunciation purposes.

Also see 朝、早

The ┼┼ radical （くさかんむり） is often used with a kanji that relates to a plant:
葉　leaf

• list

花　flower

• cvijet

芽　bud, sprout

• pup, pupoljak

茎　stem, stalk

• stabljika

蘭　orchid

• orhideja

苺　strawberry

• jagoda

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Radical: ┼┼
Stroke Count: 9
音： ソウ
訓： くさ
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早

Picture 001
Originally uploaded by Amanda J G.


Fallen
Originally uploaded by Roger Smith.

Early

• rano
  

早（はや）い
hayai

早（ソウ）朝（チョウ） - early morning
souchou

• rano jutro
  

早

• It is said that 早 shows the shape of an oak nut or an alder nut (on a branch), both of which are dark in color, and it indicates the darkness of early morning.

Also see 朝,　草

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Radical: 日
Stroke Count: 6
音： ソウ・サッ
訓： はや
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波

Shipstern Bluff
Originally uploaded by Samuel Shelley

Wave

• val ; valovi
  

波（なみ）
nami

波


The water radical (the three dots) + 皮 (skin) = 波

cf. The さんずい radical, the water group:
洗 wash
汁 juice, sap
海 sea, ocean
液 liquid

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Radical: 水
Stroke Count: 8
音： ハ
訓： なみ
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皮

P1030514
Originally uploaded by zerj.

Skin

• koža
  

皮（かわ） - skin
kawa

毛（け）皮（がわ） - fur, pelt, hide (noun)
kegawa

• krzno

皮（ヒ）膚（フ） - skin
hifu

皮

• 又 represents a right hand (see the 又 radical ) .
• 皮 originally shows a right hand pulling an animal skin/fur [possibly over the head].

Also see 波

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Radical: 皮
Stroke Count: 5
音： ヒ
訓： かわ
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撮

New camera+fingers
Originally uploaded by marie scaff.

To Take a Photograph/Movie

撮（と）る - take a picture/movie
toru

• uslikati (picture)
• snimiti (movie)

撮（サツ）影（エイ） - shooting a film
satsuei

撮

See 手、最、取

「撮 = 手 + 最」
最 represents a lid and acquisition. One removes a lid and takes a little of something underneath, with one's finger tips. It came to mean "to take a little of something with one's fingertips".

e.g.
See "to take a picture" at our Picture Dictionary.

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Radical: 才（てへん）
Stroke Count: 15
音： サツ
訓： と、つま
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最

Caught Bear Handed in the Cookie Jar
Originally uploaded by schleppzer.

(the) Most

• naj

最（サイ）高（コウ） - best
saikou

• najbolji

最（サイ）低（テイ） - worst
saitei

• najgori

最（もっと）も - most
mottomo

• najviše

cf.
高 - high
低 - low

最

See 取、耳、又

最 represents a lid and acquisition. One removes a lid and takes a little of something underneath, with one's finger tips. It came to mean "very few/little", but it eventually lost this meaning .

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Radical: 日
Stroke Count: 12
音： サイ
訓： もっと
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取

2006_07_ 009
Originally uploaded by nmorena71.

To Take

• uzeti

取（と）る - take
toru

取（シュ）得（トク） - acquisition, taking
shutoku

取

See 耳、　又

取 indicates to hold the ears of captives/enemies firmly (after cutting them off...) as proof of victory.

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Radical: 又
Stroke Count: 8
音： シュ
訓： と
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負

Little Creatures
Originally uploaded by simply special.


Porters carrying back-breaking loads
Originally uploaded by meg and rahul.

Indebted, To Owe, To Take Responsibility, To Lose

• dugovati - to owe
  
• izgubiti - to lose
• preuzeti obvezu - to take responsibility/commitment
  

負（お）う - to owe
ou

負（ま）ける - to lose
makeru

負（フ）傷（ショウ）- to be wounded
fushou

負

人 (a side view of a person) ＋　貝 (property, fortune)　＝　負

負 indicates a person carrying property on his back/shoulders. Imagine that you run away looking like that when you lose.

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Radical: 貝
Stroke Count: 9
音： フ
訓： お・ま
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糸

Threads of ideas
Originally uploaded by bigarnex.

Thread

• nit (plural: niti)
  
• vlakno (plural: vlakna)
  
• konac (plural: konci)
  

糸（いと）
ito



The old form of this kanji is 絲. It represents twisted threads.



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Radical: 糸
Stroke Count: 6
音： シ
訓： いと
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浴

Queen's Bath-Kauai
Originally uploaded by bandboostermusic.

To Bathe, To Bask

• kupati se (to bathe/bask for a certain amount of time)
  
• okupati se (to bathe/bask and finish it)
  

日を浴びる - to bask in the sun
hi wo abiru

• kupati se u suncu
  

シャワーを浴（あ）びる - to take a shower
shawaa wo abiru

• tuširati se (to shower)
  

入（ニュウ）浴（ヨク）する - to take a bath
nyuuyoku

• okupati se
  

浴

水 (the three dots, the water radical) ＋　谷　＝　浴

浴 indicates that you bathe in a hole filled with water.

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Radical: 水
Stroke Count: 10
音： ヨク
訓： あ
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谷

Falling Lakes
Originally uploaded by OaklandNative.

Valley

• dolina (plural: doline)
  

谷（たに） - a valley
tani

谷（たに）間（ま） - in valleys, between mountains
tanima

谷（たに）川（がわ） - a stream in a valley, a mountain stream
tanigawa

谷

八　ｘ 2 　＋　口（〇, hole)　＝　谷

谷 represents water flowing/diverging from a hole.

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Radical: 谷
Stroke Count: 7
音： コク
訓： たに・や
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分

// Goemon was a newbie //
Originally uploaded by //bwr.

To Divide, To Sort, To Understand, Minute(s), Quantity

• podjeliti, rastaviti (to divide, to split)
  

分（わ）ける - to divide
wakeru

分（わ）かる - to understand
wakaru

分（ブン）解（カイ） - resolution, decomposition
bunkai

三（サン）分（プン） - three minutes
sanpun

分（ブン）家（ケ） - a branch family
bunke

分

八　＋　刀　＝　分

cf. 貧
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Radical: 刀
Stroke Count: 4
音： ブ・フン・ブン
訓： わ
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刃

IMG_1801.JPG
Originally uploaded by renfield.

Blade

• oštrica (plural: oštrice)
  

刃（は、やいば）
ha, yaiba

刃

Compare 刃 with 刀. The blade is emphasized in 刃.

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Radical: 刀
Stroke Count: 3
音： ジン・ニン
訓： は・やいば
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刀

Furuyama Shinken
Originally uploaded by brandon-san.

Sword

• mač (plural: mačevi)
  

刀（かたな） - sword
katana

日（ニ）本（ホン）刀（トウ） - Japanese sword
nihontou



刀

cf. 刃

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Radical: 刀
Stroke Count: 2
音： トウ
訓： かたな
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八

Dragonfly on Lotus Bud Widescreen Wallpaper
Originally uploaded by TheEclecticArtisan.

Eight (8)

• osam
  

八（ハチ）
hachi

八（ハッ）歳（サイ） - eight years old
hassai

八

八 indicates something divided into two. In other words, eight is a number that is easy to divide in half.

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Radical: 八
Stroke Count: 2
音： ハチ
訓： や・よう
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貝

Seashell
Originally uploaded by NYBunny.

Shellfish

• školjka (plural: školjke)
  

貝（かい）
kai

貝（かい）殻（がら） - shell, seashell
kaigara



貝

貝 represents a bivalve split open. Seashells were used as money in the old times, and those kanjis with the 貝 radical often relate to money and fortunes.

財 - fortune
費 - to spend
貧 - poor
買 - to buy
賭 - bet, wager
負 - to owe

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Radical: 貝
Stroke Count: 7
音： -
訓： かい
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採

Berries
Originally uploaded by Ernesto Llano.

Pick Off

• uzeti, pokupiti, skupiti
  

採（と）る - to pick off, to collect, to employ
toru

採（サイ）血（ケツ） - to collect blood, to take a blood sample
saiketsu

採

才 (the hand radical) +　爪 (nail)　+　木 (tree)　＝　採

- Idemo u šumu skupljati gljive.
- watashi tachi wa kinoko wo tori ni mori e iki masu.
- 私たちはきのこを採りに森へ行きます。
- We go to the forest to pick mushrooms.

- Firma ga nije uzela (zaposlila).
- sono kaisha wa kare wo tori masen deshita.
- その会社は彼を採りませんでした。
- The company didn't employ him.

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Radical : 手
Stroke Count: 11
音：サイ
訓：と
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非

With Open Wings
Originally uploaded by jcowboy.

Not ; un-/dis-/in-/im-/il-

• ne-/i-
  

非（ひ）
hi



非 represents bird wings, which are symmetrical. They look split into two and opposit. It came to mean "not" and "un-/dis-".

公式 (official) ⇔　非公式 (unofficial)

• službeno - neslužbeno
  

合法 (legal)　⇔　非合法 (illegal)

• legalno - ilegalno
  

金属　(metal) ⇔　非金属 (nonmetal)

• metal - nemetal
  

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Radical : 非
Stroke Count: 8
音：ヒ
訓：あら
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扉

Southleigh Church, Devon
Originally uploaded by focalplane.

A Set of Doors

• vrata (plural: vrata)
  

扉（とびら）
tobira

扉

戸　＋ 　非　＝　扉

扉 originally meant a set of doors. A door itself is 戸.
However, 扉 can be any kind of door(s) in a broad sense nowadays.

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Radical : 戸
Stroke Count: 12
音：ヒ
訓：とびら
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爪

Originally uploaded by Luma Kimura.

Nail

• nokat (pl. nokti)

爪（つめ） - nail(s)
tsume

爪（ソウ）牙（ガ） - nails and fangs (something harmful)
souga

• kandže (claws)

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Radical : 爪
Stroke Count: 4
音：ソウ
訓：つめ
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雪

pampas
Originally uploaded by gauge24.

Snow

• snjeg, snjegovi

雪（ゆき） - snow
yuki

積（セキ）雪（セツ）　- fallen snow, accumulation of snow
sekisetsu


- Jučer sam pročitao "Snjegovi Kilimandžara".
- watashi wa kinou, "kirimanjaro no yuki" wo yomi mashita.
- 私は昨日、「キリマンジャロの雪」を読みました。
- I read "The snow of Kilimanjaro" yesterday.

• It is said that ヨ in 雪 is from 彗 ( a little broom made with Japanese silver grass), and snow is considered to sweep/purify everything on the earth.

See 雨、雲

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Radical : 雨
Stroke Count: 11
音：セツ
訓：ゆき
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雲

thunderhead
Originally uploaded by Lori L..

Cloud

• oblak, oblaci

雲（くも）
kumo

積（セキ）乱（ラン）雲（ウン） - thunderhead
sekiran'un

• 雨 = rain
  
• 云 = moisture vapor spread in the air

See 雨、雪

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Radical : 雨
Stroke Count: 12
音：ウン
訓：くも
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雨

rain drops
Originally uploaded by Isis.


Somewhere Over the Rainbow
Originally uploaded by Slavina Bahchevanova
.

Rain

• kiša

雨　（あめ） - rain
ame

雨（あま）宿（やど）り　- hide/shelter from the rain
amayadori

雨（ウ）天（テン） - rainy weather
uten

• 一　= sky, somewhere high above (See 天）
• 巾　= clouds
• 、、 = raindrops - kapi kiše

Another way to remember this kanji is, imagine something falling down from the sky as shown below.



See 雲、雪、電
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Radical : 雨
Stroke Count: 8
音：ウ
訓：あめ・あま
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間

Forest Lawn Gates
Originally uploaded by eppic.

Between, during, while

• između, za vrijeme, tijekom

間（あいだ）
aida

一（イチ）年（ネン）間（カン） - for a year
ichi nen kan

間

See 日、月、門

• It is said that 日 of 間 was originally 月, and it indicates the moon seen between the two doors of 門 (gates).

-Možeš vidjeti mjesec između vrata.
-mon no aida ni tsuki ga mie masu.
-門の間に月が見えます。
-[You] can see the moon through the gates.

-Koza spava između krave i ovce.
-ushi to hitsuji no aida ni yagi ga nete imasu.
-牛と羊の間にヤギが寝ています。
-A goat is sleeping/lying between a cow and sheep.

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Radical : 門
Stroke Count: 12
音：カン・ケン
訓：あいだ・ま
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聞

Closing The Gates
Originally uploaded by Ya Ya.

Listen/Hear

• slušati, čuti

聞（き）く -listen, hear, ask [to hear the answer]
kiku

新（シン）聞（ブン） - newspaper
shinbun

• 門 indicates something closed, or something you don't understand. Imagine that something is happening behind the gates, and you can't see it but can hear it. Or rather, you try to listen to find out what it is.
• Note that the lowest horizontal line of 耳 in 聞 is shorter than that from 耳(ear) alone. It stops at the vertical line.

See 耳、門、問


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Radical : 耳
Stroke Count: 14
音：ブン・モン
訓：き
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問

Peeking through the gate
Originally uploaded by Troy B Thompson.

To Ask About

• pitati, upitati

問（と）う
tou

質（シツ）問（モン） - a question [to ask]
shitsumon

問（モン）題（ダイ） - a question/problem [to solve]
mondai

問

See 口、門、聞

• 門 indicates something closed, or something you don't understand. Imagine that something is happening behind the gates, and you open your mouth (口) and ask about it.

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Radical : 口
Stroke Count: 11
音：モン
訓：と・とん
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耳

rory's ear
Originally uploaded by normaltoilet.

Ear

• uho (plural: uši)

耳（みみ）
mimi

耳

See 聞

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Radical : 耳
Stroke Count: 6
音：ジ
訓：みみ
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戸

236
Originally uploaded by Carlos Noboro.



nanzenji deck
Originally uploaded by troutfactory.

Door

• vrata
  

戸（と）
to

戸

See 門、扉


Think of 戸 as one of the doors of 門 (gates) or 扉 (a set of doors).

開き戸 （ひらきど） is a hinged door.
引き戸 （ひきど） is a sliding door.

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Radical : 戸
Stroke Count: 4
音：コ
訓：と
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門

Gate
Originally uploaded by jeffbomb.

Gate

• kapija, vrata
  

門（もん）
mon

門


See 問、聞、間、戸

門 makes the mon radical (もんがまえ).

閉 close
開 open

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Radical : 門
Stroke Count: 8
音：モン
訓：かど
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天

owning the sky
Originally uploaded by sincerely.

Sky, heaven, somewhere high above

• nebesa, raj

天（テン）
ten

天（テン）国（ゴク）　- heaven
tengoku

天（テン）使（シ） - angel
tenshi

天（テン）井（ジョウ） - ceiling
tenjou

天（あま）の川（がわ） - Milky Way
amanogawa

天

• Notice 大 under 一.
• 天 is somewhere higher than 空.

Also see 人, 大, 空

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Radical : 大
Stroke Count: 4
音：テン
訓：あま・あめ
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空

Ameba
Originally uploaded by boskizzi.

Sky, empty

• nebo
  

空（そら） - sky
sora

空（から） - empty
kara

空（クウ）気（キ）　- air
kuuki

航（コウ）空（クウ） - aviation, flying
koukuu

空

• the top part (looking like ウ) = a roof, or a house
  
• the middle part (八) = an opening
• the bottom part （エ） = penetration

空 originally means "empty". Imagine, when something penetrates somewhere, it makes a hole and leaves an empty space.

See 天 (sky), 穴, 工

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Radical : 穴
Stroke Count: 8
音：クウ
訓：そら・から・あ・むな
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穴

earth-burrow
Originally uploaded by omnia_mutantur.

Hole

• rupa
  

穴（あな）
ana

穴

• 穴 also makes a radical. For example, 空 belongs to this 穴 radical.

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Radical : 穴
Stroke Count: 5
音：ケツ
訓：あな
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