竹

Bamboo
Originally uploaded by hargtimothy

Bamboo

竹（たけ） - bamboo
take

竹（チク）林（リン） - bamboo forest
chikurin






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Radical: 竹
Stroke Count: 6
音： チク
訓： たけ
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砂

up close
Originally uploaded by piggley

Sand

• pjesak
  

砂（すな） - sand
suna

砂（サ）漠（バク） - desert
sabaku

• pustinja
  

砂（サ）丘（キュウ） - sand hill
sakyuu

• pješčano brdo

石 + 少 = 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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少

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

少

小　＋　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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小

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



antonym: 大

--> usage examples
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Radical: 小
Stroke Count: 3
音： ショウ
訓： こ・ちい・お
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石

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

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

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Radical: 石
Stroke Count: 5
音： セキ・シャク・コク
訓： いし
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玉

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

玉

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



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Radical: 玉
Stroke Count: 5
音： ギョク
訓： たま
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王

Redentor Christ statue (Christ the Redeemer)
Originally uploaded by Carrie J

King

• kralj
  

王（オウ） - king
ou (pronounced "oh")

• kralj
  

女（ジョ）王（オウ） - queen
jo'ou

• kraljica

王（オウ）子（ジ） - prince
ouji

• princ
  

王（オウ）女（ジョ） - princess
oujo

• princeza
  

王

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

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

cf. 大、立、天


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Radical: 玉
Stroke Count: 4
音： オウ
訓： -
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傘

More brollys
Originally uploaded by Mobile Hamish.

Umbrella

• kišobran
  

傘（かさ） - umbrella
kasa

傘

-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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加

My First Protest Kit from Hasbro
Originally uploaded by TabascoKid.

Add, include, give, put

加（くわ）える - add
kuwaeru

加（カ）勢（セイ）　- aid, support
kasei

加

力 (strength)　+ 口 (mouth)　= 加

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

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Radical: 力
Stroke Count: 5
音： カ
訓： くわ
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幼

Threading
Originally uploaded by Vintage Pleasure


Leonard Gagnon’s daughters knitting
Originally uploaded by John Collier Jr..

Young, childish

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

幼稚園 - kindergarten
youchien

幼

幺 (a weak thread) + 力 (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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買

Sea Treasures
Originally uploaded by AnnieBodrum

Buy

買う - to buy
kau

• kupiti

売買 - buying and selling, trade
baibai

買

The thing on top of 貝 represents a net (网). Imagine you scoop valuable things (貝) 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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貧

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
  

貧

分 + 貝 = 貧

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

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