子

sleeping
Originally uploaded by moi-any kind soul
want to gift me a pro accnt?.

Child

• dijete (plural: djeca)
  

子（こ） - child
ko

子（こ）供（ども） - child
kodomo

種（シュ）子（シ） - seed
shushi

男（おとこ）の子（こ） - little boy, young male
otokonoko (otoko no ko)

• dječak (plural: dječaci)
  

女（おんな）の子（こ） - litte girl, young female
onnanoko (onna no ko)

• djevojčica (plural: djevojčice)
  

The original shape of the 子 kanji shows a little child.

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Radical : 子
Stroke Count: 3
音：シ・ス
訓：こ・ね
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女

Glen Innes celebrates Japanese cooking
Originally uploaded by y3awed.

Woman

• žena (plural: žene) - woman, also wife
  
• djevojka (plural: djevojke) - young woman, girlfriend
  

女（おんな） - woman
on'na

女（ジョ）王（おう） - queen
jo'ou

女（め）神（がみ） - goddess
megami

女

女 represents a woman sitting with her hands on her lap.

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Radical : 女
Stroke Count: 3
音：ジョ・ニョ
訓：おんな・め
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大

With Arms Wide Open
Originally uploaded by Prio.

Big

• velik, velika, veliko
  

大（おお）きい
ookii

大（ダイ）学（ガク） - college, university
daigaku

大

See 人, 立

• 大 represents a person standing with his/her arms and legs wide open.

antonym: 小
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Radical:大
Stroke Count:3
音：ダイ・タイ
訓：おお
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中

tricolor Dango
Originally uploaded by alde.

Middle, center, inside

• sredina, centar, u
  

中（チュウ）　- middle
chuu

中（なか） - inside, middle
naka

真（ま）ん中（なか） - middle, center
man'naka

中

See 上、下、内

- Ključ je u kutiji.
- hako no naka ni kagi ga haitte imasu.
- 箱の中に鍵が入っています。
- There is a key in the box.

- Želio bih srednji, molim vas.
- man'naka no wo kudasai.
- 真ん中のをください。
- Please give me the middle one. (I'd like the middle one.)

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Radical : ｜
Stroke Count: 3
音：チュウ
訓：なか
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下

Play time
Originally uploaded by vrusha_chris.

Below, low, under, down, inferiority

• ispod - below, under
• nisko - low
• dole - down
  

下（した）
shita

下（ゲ）水（スイ） - sewage, sewer
gesui

下（カ）流（リュウ） - the lower reaches of a river
karyuu

下

See 上、中

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Radical : 一
Stroke Count: 3
音：カ・ゲ
訓：した・お・くだ・さ・しも・もと
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上

i guess this bird is hen. :)
Originally uploaded by ponkan.

Up, top, above, high, on

• gore - up
• na - on
• na vrhu - on top
• iznad - above
• visoko - high
  

上（うえ） - up, top
ue

上（ジョウ）下（ゲ） - up and down
jouge

上（のぼ）る (v.) - to go up
noboru

上

See 中、下

- Japanska bjelo-oka sjedi na grani.
- eda no ue ni mejiro ga tomatte imasu.
- 枝の上にメジロがとまっています。
- A Japanese white-eye is perching on a branch.

- Popeo sam se stepenicama.
- kaidan wo nobori mashita.
- 階段を上りました。
- [ I ] went up the stairs.

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Radical : 一
Stroke Count: 3
音：ジョウ
訓：うえ・あ・うわ・かみ・のぼ
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白

Acorns
Originally uploaded by dellvink.

White

• bijel, bijela, bijelo
  

白（しろ） - noun
shiro

白（しろ）い - adjective
shiroi

白

白 represents a nut such as an acorn, whose inside is "white".

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Radical : 白
Stroke Count: 5
音：ハク・ビャク・パク
訓：しろ・しら
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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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目

eye
Originally uploaded by
Rafael Coelho Salles / rscsales.

Eye

• oko (plural: oči)
  

目（め）
me

目

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Radical : 目
Stroke Count: 5
音：ボク・モク
訓：め
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山

Not quite the top.
Originally uploaded by matt.


009-遠處的山脈
Originally uploaded by RitaTeng.

Mountain

• planina
  

山（やま）
yama

富（フ）士（ジ）山（サン）
fuji-san

• planina Fuji
  

山


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Radical : 山
Stroke Count: 3
音：サン
訓：やま
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右 (#2)

Hanami ladies
Originally uploaded by jlhopes.

右

Another way of remembering the 右 kanji is, to imagine you are using the right hand to hold chopsticks, taking food to your 口 (mouth). In Japan, most people use their right hand to do it.

See 右

工

Chiseling the Hole
Originally uploaded by sagenepal.

Craft, making something

• zanat, izrada, napraviti nešto
  

工（コウ）事（ジ） - construction
kouji

• konstrukcija, izrada
  

人（ジン）工（コウ） - artificiality
jinkou

大（ダイ）工（ク） - carpenter
daiku

工

• The 工 shape indicates something being penetrated between the two surfaces.

See 空

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Radical : 工
Stroke Count: 3
音：コウ・クウ
訓：（たくみ）
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父

nange-with-a-handaxe
Originally uploaded by Brian Wood.

Father

• otac, tata

父（ちち） - father
chichi

• otac
  

お父（とう）さん - father
otousan

• tata
  

父（フ）母（ボ） - father and mother
fubo

父

父 represents a hand holding a stone axe, which is used by a father who works to take care of his children.

See the 又 radical

cf.
斧（おの, ono） - large axe
爺（じじ, jiji) - old man

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Radical: 父
Stroke Count: 4
音：フ
訓：ちち
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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

右

Originally uploaded by massproduced.

Right

• desno
  

右（みぎ）
migi

右（ウ）折（セツ） - turning to the right
usetsu

• okretati desno
  

左（サ）右（ユウ）　- left and right
sayuu

• lijevo i desno
  

右

It is said that 口 from 右 represents a prayer recited by a priest, and エ from 左 is a table that he lays the prayer on.

Note that ノ of 右 is slightly shorter than ノ of 左, and 一 of 右 is a little longer than that of 左.

ノ of 左 is actually the left arm, so it's longer. On the other hand, ノ of 右 is the hand part, so it's shorter.

Besides, ノ is the first stroke of 右, and 一 is the first stroke of 左 (in Japan).

Also see 口 、 左 、the 又 radical 、 右(#2).

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Radical: 口
Stroke Count: 5
音：ユウ・ウ
訓：みぎ
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