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First of all; don't get afraid because of this picture, it isn't as hard as it might seem!

The picture above shows 80 kanji from JLPT level 4 (the "easiest" and very common kanji).

They include number 1-10, kanjis used to form the word for a day(ex. saturday is made up by the kanji for soil and the kanji for sun), positions and more.

 

Before anything, one should know how to write a kanji.

The rules are basically as in hiragana or katakana; you write up -> down and left -> right.

Here are some examples;

 

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There will be more to come!

People may come with suggestions and requests!

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I often wondered what the two different pronunciations are. Cos 火 is hi and 水 is mizu...

I understand that 金 can be said kin or kane depending on the meaning, but the others?

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It's also dependent on the meaning of the word you're trying to write.

How you pronounce a kanji is dependant on what follows it.

Let's take 水 as an example;

By itself, the kanji 水 is pronounced mizu, but together with another kanji it's pronounced "sui" as in "suiyoubi"

水よ日 (wednesday).

 

 

I think we should go through a couple of kanji together, let's start with the numbers

 

一 いち one

 

二 に two

 

三 さん three

 

四 よん four

 

五 ご five

 

六 ろく six

 

七 しち、なな seven

 

八 はち eight

 

九 きゅう、 く nine

 

十 じゅう ten

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Nezu,sorry but I just didn't see if you explain about the "kun" (Japanese reading) and "on" (Chinese reading).

 

Chia,about what you've asked: let's take for example child "ko". The word has two readings "kun yomi" (which mean Japanese reading) "ko" and "on yomi" (which is the Chinese reading) "shi".

Usually we use "kun" reading,but when you have more than one kanji for example: a girl student you won't say "djokogakusei" but "djoshigakusei".

Here written on Japanese it will looks like : 女子学生 (じょしがくせい).

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The colors are trickier than let's say the week days, but sure, let's go through a few colors.

 

青い あお、(あおい、あおー) blue, green

白  しろ、(しろい、しらー) white

黒 くろ、(くろい、くろずむ) black

赤 あか (あかい、あかー、あからむ) red

黄 黄、こー yellow

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Yes, sure, I'll do that. You already know the numbers (and all of their readings) right?

 

So, let's move on a little

 

getsu_tsuki.jpg

Kun: つき [tsuki]

On: ガツ、ゲツ [gatsu, getsu]

Meanings: moon, month

 

月はきれいです。 Tsuki wa kirei desu. The moon is beautiful.

今日は月よう日です。 Kyou wa getsuyoubi desu. It's monday today.

 

moku_ki.jpg

Kun: き、こー [ki, ko- ]

On:

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[boku, moku]

Meaning: tree, wood

 

今日は木よう日です。 kyou wa mokuyoubi desu. Today is Thursday.

このつくえは木でできている。 kono tsukue wa ki de dekite iru. This desk is made of wood.

 

 

do_tsuchi.jpg

Kun: つち [tsuchi]

On: ト、ド [to, do]

Meanings: earth, ground, soil, Turkey

 

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。doyoubi no yoru datta. It was Saturday night.

 

... I really have to leave now, sorry, this took longer than planned >_

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thanks! thats really helpful :)

 

right, so I know 円 means yen, circle. I asume yen is 'en' so what would be the other reading?

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Kun: ひと [hito]

On: ジン、ニン [jin, nin]

Meaning: person

 

私はスェデン人です。watashi wa sueden jin desu. I'm from Sweden(I'm a Swede).

君はやさしい人. kimi wa yasashii hito. You are a kind person.

 

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kun: おんな、め [onna, me]

on: ジョ、ニョ、ニョウ

meaning: woman, female

 

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。kanojo wa naita. She cried.

あの女は誰が。 ano onna wa dare ga? Who is that woman?

 

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Kun: こ [ko]

On: ス、シ [su, shi]

Meaning: child

 

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。watashi wa hitorikko desu. I'm an only child.

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。kanojo wa hon no kodomo desu. She is a mere child.

 

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Kun: おとこ [otoko]

On: ダン、ナン [dan, nan]

Meanings: man, male

 

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. ii otoko mitsuketa ne. You got yourself a nice man.

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。 ano nansei wa dare desu ka. Who is that man?

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Alright, verbs it is :) I'll also put some different conjugations in there as well...

 

わ [wa], te form: わかって

To understand

 

positive - negative

Present plain: 分かる -分からない

polite: 分かります - 分かりません

Past plain: 分かった - 分からなかった

polite: 分かりました - 分かりませんでした

 

出来

できー [deki-], te form: 出来て

To be able

 

positive - negative

Present plain: 出来る -出来ない

polite: 出来ます - 出来ません

Past plain: 出来た - 出来なかった

polite: 出来ました - 出来ませんでした

 

見る

みる[miru], te form: 見て

To see

positive - negative

Present plain: 見る -見ない

polite: 見ます - 見ません

Past plain: 見た - 見なかった

polite: 見ました - 見ませんでした

た [ta] te form: 食べて

To eat

 

positive - negative

Present plain: 食べる -食べない

polite: 食べます - 食べません

Past plain: 食べた - 食べなかった

polite: 食べました - 食べませんでした

はなし, はなす [hanashi, hanas-], te form: はなして

To speak

 

positive - negative

Present plain: 話す -話さない (hanasu - hanasanai)

polite: 話ます - 話ません (hanashimasu - hanashimasen)

Past plain: 話た - 話さなかった (hanashita - hanasanakatta)

polite: 話ました - 話ませんでした (hanashimashita - hanashimasen deshita)

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Thanks Nezu! I'll be practicing those kanji.

 

I've always been a little scared of conjugations, but these don't seem to bad...

 

-mas is present posative

-masen is present negative 

-mashita is past posative

-masendeshita is past negative 

 

飲み - drink (what would be the te form?)

飲みます

飲みません

飲みました

飲みませんでした

did I get that right?

 

does this work with all verbs? I know adjectives are more complicated...

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-masu is present posative

-masen is present negative 

-mashita is past posative

-masendeshita is past negative 

 

飲み - drink (what would be the te form?)

飲みます

飲みません

飲みました

飲みませんでした

did I get that right?

 

The te-form would be 飲んで、"nonde" :)

 

Yes, that is right.

In plain form it's 飲む - 飲まない in the present and 飲んだ - 飲まなかった in past.

 

がんばって下さい! :)

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下さい?

下 (shita) means down/below right?

 

 

I didn't put the plain form cos you don't really use that? It's impolite...?

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No, you use plain form quite a lot actually, you aren't polite with your friends are you? Also the te-form is used frequently. (correct me if I'm wrong on this one).

 

"kudasai" :)

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oh, I always just wrote ください XD

 

I tend to be very polite to everyone irl lol

But I guess here is different. :p

 

分かる。 :)

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You can write it both ways. And I suppose you can be formal all the time if you'd like *笑う*

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Also, I think it's important to know different forms to be able to understand texts.

Some more kanji for you~

 

歩く

あるk-[aruk-] te-form: 歩いて [aruite]

To walk

positive - negative

Present plain: あるく -あるかない

polite: あるきます - あるきません

Past plain: あるいた - あるかなかった

polite: あるきました - あるきませんでした

 

 

会う

あ、te-form: 会って

To meet

 

positive - negative

Present plain: あう -あわない

polite: あいます - あいません

Past plain: あった - あわなかった

polite: あいました - あいませんでした

聞く

きk-, te-form: 聞いて[kiite]

To listen

positive - negative

Present plain: 聞く -聞かない

polite: 聞きます - 聞きません

Past plain: 聞いた - 聞かなかった

polite: 聞きました - 聞きませんでした

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