Japan Corner

The Japanese kanji meaning “to see” or “look at” is 見. The kun’yomi (Japanese reading) pronunciation of the Kanji 見 is “mi” (み), as in words “mi-ru” (み-る) meaning “see,” “mi-seru” (み-せる) meaning “can see,” and “mi-eru” (み-える) meaning “to show.” The on’yomi (Chinese reading) pronunciation of 見 is “ken” (ケン). The Kanji 見 is constructed with 7 strokes. 見

The Japanese kanji for “eye” is 目. The kun’yomi (Japanese reading) pronunciations of the Kanji 目 are “me” or (め) “ma” (ま), and the on’yomi (Chinese reading) pronunciations of 目 are “moku “(モク) or “boku” (ボク). The Kanji 行, for “eye”, appears in 1,450 Japanese names, and in that case, it is pronounced Sakan (さかん), sagan (さがん), sakka (さっか) or

The Japanese kanji meaning “go” is 行. This Kanji for “go” also means “to carry out”. The kun’yomi (Japanese reading) pronunciations of the Kanji 行 are “i-ku” (い-く), “yu-ku” (ゆ-く), and “okona-u” (おこな-う). The on’yomi (Chinese reading) pronunciations of 行 are “ko” (コウ), “gyo” (ギョウ), and “an” (アン). The Kanji 行, for “go“, appears in 1,722 Japanese names, and in

The Japanese kanji for “small” is 小, which also means “Tiny” or “Slight“. The kun’yomi (Japanese reading) pronunciation of the Kanji 小 are “o” (お), “ko” (こ), or “chii-sai” (ちい-さい). The on’yomi (Chinese reading) pronunciation of 小 is “sho” (ショウ). The Kanji 小, meaning small, appears in 10,140 Japanese names, and in that case, it is pronounced as “isara” (いさら),

The Japanese kanji 高 means “High,” “Tall,” or “Expensive.” The kun’yomi (Japanese reading) pronunciation of the Kanji 高 is “taka” (たか) as in the words taka-i (たか-い), taka-maru (たか-まる), and taka-meru (たか-める). The on’yomi (Chinese reading) pronunciation of 高 is “ko” (コウ). The Kanji 高 for “tall” or “high” frequently appears in Japanese names, and in that case, it is

The Japanese kanji for “Rest” or “day-off (holiday)” is 休. The pronunciation of the Kanji 休 is “Yasu” (やす) in its kun’yomi (Japanese reading) and “kyu” (キュウ) or “ku” (ク) in its on’yomi (Chinese reading). Please note that the Kun’yomi reading “Yasu” is not a standalone word in Japanese, and this Kanji appears in words like “Yasu-mi” (やす-み), yasu-maru (やす-まる),

The Japanese kanji 学 means “study” or “to learn“. The pronunciation of the Kanji 学 is “mana-bu” (まな-ぶ) in its kun’yomi (Japanese reading) and “gaku” (ガク) in its on’yomi (Chinese reading). The Kanji 学 is constructed with 8 strokes. It is a part of the JLPT N5 syllabus (please check the JLPT N5 Kanji list), and is taught in grade

The Japanese kanji for “character” or “letter” is 字. The pronunciation of the Kanji 字 is “aza” (あざ) in its kun’yomi (Japanese reading) and “ji” (ジ) in its on’yomi (Chinese reading). The Kanji 字 is constructed with 6 strokes. It is a part of the JLPT N4 syllabus (please check the list of JLPT N4 kanji), and is taught in

Japanese kanji for “Child” is 子. The pronunciation of the Kanji 子 is “ko” (こ) in its kun’yomi (Japanese reading) and “shi” (シ) or “su” (ス) in its on’yomi (Chinese reading). Please note that the Kanji 子, meaning “child,” is also one of the twelve Zodiac animal signs in the Chinese zodiac, representing the rat. Additionally, pronounced as zǐ, it

The Japanese kanji for “Long” is 長. The pronunciation of the Kanji 長 is “naga-i” (なが-い) in its kun’yomi (Japanese reading) and “chou” (チョウ) in its on’yomi (Chinese reading). However, the Kanji 長 is also pronounced as “osa” (おさ) in it’s Japanese reading. The reading “osa” is for words when this Kanji extends its meaning from long to mean the