Bamboo
Originally uploaded by hargtimothy
Bamboo

竹(たけ) - bamboo
take

竹(チク)林(リン) - bamboo forest
chikurin

bamboo2


bamboo

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Radical: 竹
Stroke Count: 6
音: チク
訓: たけ
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up close
Originally uploaded by piggley
Sand
  • pjesak
砂(すな) - sand
suna

砂(サ)漠(バク) - desert
sabaku
砂(サ)丘(キュウ) - sand hill
sakyuu
sand

+ = 砂

Sand is finely fragmented rocks.

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Radical: 石
Stroke Count: 9
音: サ・シャ
訓: すな
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chipping away
Originally uploaded by apormarkos
A few, a little
  • nekoliko, malo

少ない - a few, a little (adjective)
sukunai

少し - a few, a little, some (noun)
sukoshi



 + ノ (to chip away) = 少

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Radical: 小
Stroke Count: 4
音: ショウ
訓: すく・すこ
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Ruby - North Carolina
Originally uploaded by adamantine.
Small
  • mal, mala, malo
  • malen, malena, maleno
小(ちい)さい - small
chiisai

小(こ)型(がた) - small size
kogata

小(ショウ)学(ガッ)校(コウ) - elementary school
shougakkou

小(お)川(がわ)
ogawa - stream, brook, creek

small

antonym:

--> usage examples
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Radical: 小
Stroke Count: 3
音: ショウ
訓: こ・ちい・お
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Cliffs of Stone
Originally uploaded by Rexton


Cave woman
Originally uploaded by kasiahalka.


Stone
  • kamen

石(いし) - stone
ishi

石(セキ)炭(タン) - coal
sekitan
  • ugalj


石 shows a stone (口) under a cliff.
Make sure to distinguish between 石 and .

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Radical: 石
Stroke Count: 5
音: セキ・シャク・コク
訓: いし
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Cool beads!
Originally uploaded by charmednblum



飴 Ame
Originally uploaded by kamoda


Ball, Sphere, Jewel
  • lopta, kugla, sfera, dragulj

玉(たま) - ball, sphere, jewel
tama

玉(たま)子(ご) - egg (=卵)
tamago

玉(ギョク)座(ザ) - throne
gyokuza



It is said that 玉 represents three jewels connected with a string.

ball

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Radical: 玉
Stroke Count: 5
音: ギョク
訓: たま
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King
  • kralj

王(オウ) - king
ou (pronounced "oh")
  • kralj

(ジョ)王(オウ) - queen
jo'ou
  • kraljica

王(オウ)(ジ) - prince
ouji
  • princ

王(オウ)(ジョ) - princess
oujo
  • princeza


王 represents a person standing between the sky and the ground.

king
  • 一 (the top horizontal line, the sky) + + __ (the bottom horizontal line, the ground) = 王

  • cf.


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    Radical: 玉
    Stroke Count: 4
    音: オウ
    訓: -
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    More brollys
    Originally uploaded by Mobile Hamish.
    Umbrella
    • kišobran
    傘(かさ) - umbrella
    kasa



    -Svi hodaju pod kišobranima.
    -min'na kasa wo sashite aruite imasu.
    -みんな傘をさして歩いています。
    -They [all] are walking under umbrellas.

    (Photo loc.: Kyoto, Japan)

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    Radical: 人
    Stroke Count: 12
    音: サン
    訓: かさ
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    Add, include, give, put

    加(くわ)える - add
    kuwaeru

    加(カ)勢(セイ) - aid, support
    kasei



    (strength) + (mouth) = 加

    加 shows that you assist something by using not only your hands () but also your mouth ().

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    Radical: 力
    Stroke Count: 5
    音: カ
    訓: くわ
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    Young, childish

    幼(おさな)い - young, childish, immature
    osanai

    幼稚園 - kindergarten
    youchien



    (a weak thread) + (strength) = 幼

    幼 indicates a child without much strength.

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    Radical: 幺
    Stroke Count: 5
    音: ヨウ
    訓: おさな
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    Sea Treasures
    Originally uploaded by AnnieBodrum
    Buy

    買う - to buy
    kau
    • kupiti
    売買 - buying and selling, trade
    baibai



    The thing on top of represents a net (网). Imagine you scoop valuable things () with a net when you buy them.

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    Radical: 貝
    Stroke Count: 12
    音: バイ
    訓: か
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    Treasures of the sea
    Originally uploaded by Walmink
    Poor
    • siromašan (m.), siromašna (f.), siromašno (n.)
    貧(まず)しい - poor
    mazushii

    貧(ヒン)困(コン)- poverty
    hinkon
    • siromaštvo


    + =

    If you divide () your fortune () with many people, you become poor ().

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    Radical: 貝
    Stroke Count: 11
    音: ヒン・ビン
    訓: まず
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