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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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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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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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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手

da hand
Originally uploaded by Inknstein.

Hand

• ruka
  

手（て）
te

The original shape of 手 represents five fingers of a hand.

cf. 手 makes the hand radical (才）
握 - grip
押 - push
掘 - dig
指 - finger(s)
授 - give
採 - pick off

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Radical : 手
Stroke Count: 4
音：シュ
訓：て・た
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又 (the 又 radical)

my right hand
Originally uploaded by sohin.

又 (as a radical) represents a right hand.

• desna ruka
  

cf. 又（また） is often used with a kanji that relates to a hand.

受 receive
取 take
反 return, go against

See 皮、右、左

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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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.

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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人

Ryker watching TV and standing.
Multitasking.
Originally uploaded by Jackie Hutch.

Human [being]

• čovjek, osoba
  

人（ひと） - person(s), human
hito

日本（にほん・にっぽん）人（ジン）　- Japanese person(s)
nihonjin/nipponjin

• Japanka (female)
• Japanac (male)
  

人（ニン）形（ギョウ） - doll
ningyou



The 人 kanji shows a side view of a person.

See 大, 入

Ref.: the ｲ radical （にんべん）, the human group:
体　body
住　live, inhabit
供　attendant, companion
信　belief

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Radical:人
Stroke Count:2
音：ジン・ニン
訓：ひと
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