Lesson 1 [sel 2t=y kh 1 }———8#0ls&U (Lectures on Kanji) APS CERF -1- (Kanji made from pictures - 1 -) The ancient Chinese drew pictures of various things around them. These pictures have gradually been simplified and have taken on a square shape to make them easier to write. This is how the present Kanji characters were made. Each Kanji, therefore, carries a specific meaning. Look at the following picture. Guess the meanings of the Kanji characters below. 1. 2. Jil 3. AA o4. R55. Ab. A 7X 8. 1 9. Hoo. FYLesson 1 These Kanji characters were made from very primitive pictures as follows. Usually each Kanji has at least two ways of being read; the so-called ‘KUN YOMP (Japanese reading) and ‘ON YOMP (Chinese reading). Picture — Kanji ‘KUN’ ‘on’ Meaning -¢ 7 > -O-+ Ee- FA u (NICHT) sun ! day > > B-+ FL 2a {GETSU] moon month > > * > OR & ([MOKU] tree (BOKU] - i> Ww + [SAN] mountain > JI mb ({SEN]) river BAD P Wt OQ > HA I He 4 di - FA ~ fA rn [DEN] rice field XR -~ K ae (JIN] man {NIN] person -O- oO <6 [KOU] mouth > Es > Jb—Jv1 : Make every Kanji the same size and put them in a square. nw, xB AES O a Ae jopers (‘Srome) Jv—Jv 2 : Follow the basic stroke order. (1) Write from left to right. (2) Write downward. iI (3) Draw strokes from the top to the bottom as follows. = —2 tres —3 Draw strokes from the left to the right in the following order. J ill (5) Draw a square in the following way. (4) ho me (6) When there is a figure in the square, the line which closes the square is drawn last. 4 5 1 2 3 Wo oft oth wo c.f. When a stroke line passes through a square, draw that stroke last. 1 3 4 aos ae Jv—Jv3 : There are three basic ways to end a stroke. x ® Stretch * @® Hook A ® StopLesson 1 Pe Signs eonefon S RE WA KALA AvVAR (a (4) 1 NAB H(O) the sun, a day Alga (ic - £3 +0) Sunday BA(IC EA / I + tPA) Japan 3H (A> +m) the 3rd day 2 A moon 28 a7 month HY (4) Ji(2&) the moon, a month 1A (v5 - 482) January AMEE (fF + £3 +O) Monday 1 (v¥5) 2A (WD) one month 3 tree & t7 KD (4) A”(&) a tree AH (& + ts) Japanese name AWE (% + £35 +) Thursday 4 mountain RE wy uh @) Vili i () a mountain WWF (#£ + L7) Japanese name Bow (b> + SA) Mt. Fuji XIU (+ SA) a volcanoLesson 1 | wee ode KALA _ avas (ars $3) | ) | river ab /-AtD (tv) (3) » Prep JN (a) a river +4 WI (eV2S + #8) the Nile River w rice field RS-K wy (5) \_ (C0) 17/ Fa a FA (72) Al¥ a rice field HitF (7: + 42%) Japanese name WWH(®£ - 72) Japanese name BATA Tui) avcot por A man Be vy person =y (2) JIA A(O£) man, a person BAA (Ic - (2A + LA) a Japanese 3A(&A- IZA) three people uO mouth < FF) 9 car , 1. a tree 2. aman 3. a mouth 4. the sun 5. the moon L] | LI OF L * ve <5 o 28 6. a river 7. amountain 8. arice field 9. a car 10. a gate Ee k 4 bELesson 1 I. Fill in the blanks with an appropriate Kanji. 1. January 2. February 3. March 4. April 2 3 | 4 Lb Ho cro SA HD Lo ho 5. May 6. June 7. July 8. August 5 6 7 8 = Ro Bo RD LB nto 6 HO 9. September 10. October 11. November 12. December 9 1o[._} 11 12[ | < wo Ewes oO Eesns so Csi to 13. a train 14. Sunday 15. Monday 16. Thursday | we [| we |_| vu Woks OF é¢ £9 OF 17. Mt. Tsukuba 18. Mt. Fuji 19. population 20. a speciality ey ‘= mel | wl | 2K 1K BA > CG KA CA =9 tA BA 21. a Japanese 22. Mr. Yamada 23. Miss Yamakawa 24. the Tone River | |* [ SA SA Al AR cA CA PE 2k Pb & a tkLesson 2 Loe a1=y hk 1 }+——##0ls&L (Lectures on Kanji ) ADS CELBF -2- (Kanji made from pictures -2- ) Look at the following picture. Each drawing indicates a certain meaning. Guess the meaning of the Kanji characters below. 1.4K 2.% 3.46 4.4 5.5 6.4% 7.4 8.7K 9.46 myLesson 2 These Kanji characters were made from very primitive pictures as follows. Remember that each Kanji has its ‘KUN YOMI (Japanese reading) and ‘ON YOMI’ (Chinese reading). Picture — Kanji Gh” 5 op - ie > YW Ik adp als L , ele 7 atx 7 aK ~ OK we y 4 H+ ‘ te 4 + 1 Pe \ ig 1 ye WN eC No 9} 4 7 b-t- e- ta - oe ™e wlt 1 Ne 4 + a HF ~ XQ C ‘KUN’ pha 26 BAL (£4-5) Wek 3-ENS nk ae ‘On’ [ka] {sun [KIN] [Do] (SHI) [Jo] [GAKU] (SED [SEN] Meaning fire water gold money metal ground earth soil child woman female study live birth foregoing previous Usually the ‘ON YOMI’ (Chinese reading) of Kanji will be written using Katakana in a Kanji dictionary. Therefore, students are expected to learn Kata- kana as soon as possible after mastering Hiragana.Lesson 2 diy bh 2;--———#—BO&(sA¥ (Basic Kanji) 2-1, B¥OPEPME (Kanji Writings) <#(ZAOBl (Basie Strokes) > (1) a horizontal line wey CBE oo 2 ew a vertical line ab 24 OE hu, di} Lh (3) a slanting line BE x m A RA (4) a short hook 2k ay nw AK 5 (5) a long hook ee Sw) cola m FE Ts (6) a corner <6 PE BA bEL wm To wa to fk a dot and various short lines u a ata the 7Lesson 2 AUPE (> - £3 +0) Tuesday RE Wa KALa avAS mes) | K fire oO n (4) PPK | to | K(Y) fire KU (+ SA) a voleano water IK | a4 Ta fart || ae AK (Fv + CA) a rice field K(AF) water AEE (Fv + £35 +O) Wednesday Z| gold, money aia ey E | metal (a) | MNAANAIAA “PARE 7 | 84 (da) money 41H (dda - #2) Japanese name (EA) gold SMA (BA + £3-+0) Friday zt ground 26 K earth, soil a LI +£(2%) the ground HMB (E+ £3 + 0) Saturday EA(E + 1¥<) civil engineering