Lesson 1 EWU. [sig 1=y hk 1 }———8#0ls&U (Lectures on Kanji) APS CELBF -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. Se, /\> AA ANNA Ml Guess the meanings of the Kanji characters below. 1. 2. Jil) 3. 4.4% 5. 6. A 7K 8. 9. HH 10. FA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 YOMI’ (Japanese reading) and ‘ON YOMI’ (Chinese reading). Picture _ Kanji ‘KUN’ ‘ON’ Meaning vl 1 =O- - -9-- O- F uo (NICHD — sun : day +> R- B+ A 8 [GETSU] moon month - > K > RK & [MOKU] _ tree (BOKU] - -ij)- Wo ee [SAN] mountain > > Jil mp ({SEN]) river [DEN] rice field 0 & BAD Br Bao ABH ~ ax = 4 a tO 4 > > aa ae {JIN} man (NIN] person > - - OF <6 [KOU] mouth => Hi {BE (SHA] car @ 7 1 A (He) [MON] gate (+) reading is rarely used. When a single Kanji is used alone as a word, we usually read it by its ‘KUN YOMI’ (Japanese reading) which gives its meaning. When Kanji are used together with other Kanji to make a word, we often read them by their ‘ON YOMI’ (Chinese reading). Generally speaking, however, the way of reading Kanji should be decided according to each individual word.Lesson 1 ai=y hk 2;}--———#—-8O¢lsAB*F (Basic Kanji) 2-1, B¥OPMEP (Kanji Writings) <&(ZA@MIV—IV (Basic Rules) > Jb—JL1 : Make every Kanji the same size and put them in a square. ww. x (BABS O[BlAR Jb—Jv 2 : Follow the basic stroke order. (1) Write from left to right. (2) Write downward. i (3) Draw strokes from the top to the bottom as follows. 1 —2 teres _—3 (4) Draw strokes from the left to the right in the following order. J il | (5) Draw a square in the following way. 1 2 3 ho Th (6) When there is a figure in the square, the line which closes the square is drawn last. h ort ot FAH c.f. When a stroke line passes through a square, draw that stroke last. 1 Yo Py og haat JL—JL3 : There are three basic ways to end a stroke. © Stretch ® Hook A ® StopLesson 1 Kaw Signilcede keonfort Bayous: Tregat me Wa KALH avAR (wt) 1 sun os-u =F/= H day a (-¥7) (4) 1 |nAle H (0) the sun, a day Hed (ic + £35 + 0) Sunday HA(K EAI 5 * IPA) Japan 3H(A> +m) the 3rd day 2 A moon 2a wy month “HI (4) Hi(2&) the moon, a month 1A (v4 - #89) January AWA (KF + £5 - 0) Monday 1 (v9) aA (12) one month 3 vn tree & ey HD (4) “HE *(&) a tree AKA (& + t+5) Japanese name AURA (% <-> £5 + U) Thursday 4 mountain PE wy iL 7 V Juju | WW (?£) a mountain Mow (A+ U- SA) Mt. Fuji WF (# +L) Japanese name Kil + €A) a volcanoLesson 1 ae Vide KALA avAas (>< F4) | river ib /-2b (&y) ) ) pr J (2) a river F4 WII (ZV + d8>) the Nile River wH rice field (5) \_ (1 FA} FA(7:) Ald a rice field 1H (# £ + 72) Japanese name Iw man Be person (2) A(@e) man, a person BAA (IC + ZA + LA) a Japanese 3A(SA> (ZA) three people oO mouth < FF) car CoE (7) Ur 8 1 ina in] \ol # H#(<¥#) acar Ambe(U- £45 - UL) acar, an automobile BECCA + L&) a train P 4 gate (He) (8) ||P PIP IP PUPP FH(®A) a gate MPIGHA + BA) a specialityI. I. Lesson 1 2-2. kHANALw4 (Reading Exercises ) Write the reading of the following Kanji in Hiragana. 1A 2.8 3. A 4.74 5. B 6A 7.0 8. i 9. JI 10. nA 12. WH SA Write the reading of the following Kanji in Hiragana. 1am 2. A 8 3. A ME A 4.8 *® 5. &£3183H15 HCH. Today is the 15th of March. 6. SDAIWISA CH. That man over there is Mr. Yamakawa. 7. WHS AILHAA TS. Mr. Yamakawa is a Japanese. 8. SOWSLABUITH That mountain over there is Mt. Tsukuba. 9. COI (SAIBUII CS o This river is the Tone River. 10. MH SA OBPIAHETH. Mr. Kawada’s specialty is cars.2-3. PENALW4 (Writing Exercises) I. Fill in the blanks with an appropriate Kanji. 1. a tree 2. ami 3. a mouth 4. the sun 5. the moon * Be <6 oO Os 6. a river 7. amountain 8. arice field 9. acar 10. a gate web mos ez CBE barI. Fill in the blanks with an appropriate Kanji. Lesson 1 1. January 2. February 3. March 4. April 1 2 3 4 OS KO ck wo SA HD Lo Ko 5. May 6. June 7. July 8. August 5 6 7 8 = nto BO RD LB wo 15 HO 9. September 10. October 11. November 12. December 9 10| i 12 < mo Ces so Emirs 29 Cwrstk wo 13. a train 14. Sunday 15. Monday 16. Thursday £ ee [ |me[ | TA Le Sree Ce Wo kd O ac £5 OF 17. Mt. Tsukuba 18. Mt. Fuji 19. population 20. a speciality Khe yy ke [] Fi BK B | 8 2 WW SA > CG BA eae tA bh 21. a Japanese 22. Mr. Yamada —-23. Miss Yamakawa 24. the Tone River (_|#L] BA SA Fl Hel | BA LA PE ~ RE Pb & A ithLesson 2 aba tay hk 1}+——8¥Ol4%L (Lectures on Kanji) ADS CERF -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. 14k 2. 38.4 4.4 5. fF 6. TLE eo ge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 oe Kanji Ke 4 rv 4 *K ae = 4 ae ci 1 xs 7X 4 4 4) 1 a) t a 4 He 4 im im se eH HE Oe HY oe ee _ v Cc nr ! oe oe 1 la ‘KUN’ a aria 2b BAM (S%-43) W-aB 3-EnS ea ‘ON’ [KA] {su {KIN] {Do] (SHO {Jo] [GAKU] (SEI [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 ay hk 2}-——#=-#O&lsAF (Basic Kanji) 2-1, B¥OPEM# (Kanji Writings) <&(ZAOBI (Basic Strokes) > (1) a horizontal line wpe ob SoE ne oe cel (2) a vertical line me ob PE wn NYP Eh (3) a slanting line BE & aia wm AOR A (4) a short hook De At c ~ AK F (8) a long hook 8a Red roa ~ FH Ms (6) a corner <6 Et BAL bEL nv. oO ru tf Fb (7) a dot and various short lines u ae mia theLesson 2 I lar IK ee va CARO AS OTS) | n K fire o a (4) Ale en rT | K(O) fire KUL (ds + SA) a volcano KULH (+ £3 +0) Tuesday 12 water Ay a4 1K a) | (43) water KURA (Fv + £5 + 0) Wednesday HH ($v. + TA) a rice field 13 | ZX] gold, money mia HY GE metal (8) |7 MIAIANTAIAIAT — ~ | NAAFI LE | | Lt &(ia) money HH (pda + 72) Japanese name (8A) gold SUH (&A+ E35 + 0) Friday 4 ground 26 F | ES earth, soil (3) al O ck (2%) the ground Ha (& + £5 +0) Saturday $A( - F<) civil engineeringLesson 2 RE wae CAEa #YaS (@ | && “ey foregoing * ‘ (6) De | oe | Fk | | 56(&&) ahead SGA (AEA + WO) last month 56H (AEA + tv) a teacher | J 4 i a y private DEL ¥ AA Ae bRCL (7) OF A OR At | + —_|— 7 | | | | BYEKE(L- NO-K M(bRL/bRCL) I + #°¢) a private universityLesson 2 2 —2. EANALW (Reading Exercises ) I. Write the reading of the following Kanji in Hiragana. 1G 8. 12 m 2.F 3k 4X 5. Kk 6. Ue AmB 9. kK ME 10. ok WB ne RM » _-@W A 1. A M.A 5. » 2 5 Il. Write the reading of the following Kanji in Hiragana. i. 2 3 4 5 CHAM SADBETTH, - TAETAS KECK SY, - HDKONLELETTH. - AKETIION EA, BHEABLEDKETT. - SOKFFIL2 1TH. That girl student is 21 years old. ROKER AIL 960#3A11HTF. My date of birth is the 11th of March 1960.Lesson 2 2-3. PENAL (Writing Exercises) I. Fill in the blanks with an appropriate Kanji. 11 2. a student 3. awoman 4. a child 5. a teacher [} LU) am l = | J bre WE LY bAL = tA tt 6. money 7. water 8. fire 9. the ground 10. gold al] | L] |_| ita at u 25 aALesson 2 I. Fill in the blanks with an appropriate Kanji. 1. Monday 2. Tuesday 3. Wednesday 4. Thursday 3 E gal | [| me [| me wie | Wo £5 OF ay te £5 OF bc kd OF 5. Friday 6. Saturday 7. Sunday 8. a woman ti wie] ] (jue m| | eh £9 OF & £5 Oo m5 £3 OF BAL Be 9. agirl 10. a girl student 11. a university 12. a fire c D | x BAL = Cr LARK athe Tee aK » v 13. the date of one’s birth 14. a rice field on a th BA to U Th TA 15. a private university 16. my teacher 17. ahead wK jm; | | ]ic LOD Key ae bree tA thy &E 18. Mr. Kaneda 19. Miss Tsuchida 20. a gold car Jaa [ ar | lo pa ot 26 SA (BELesson 2 SloetwEtel I CeketT re (Do you know these words? Can you use them?) [Questions] 1. 2Al2H SRA (ALI) CHP. 2. 2AISA IRA CHA, 3. 2AITA HRA CHA 4. 2A21 aA CHA 5. 2A23A RACHALesson 3 ELBA D [ssal aoyk 1 tou SF (Numbers) —#FOls%L (Lectures on Kanji ) Abstract ideas like numbers are indicated with the fingers and other signs. Look at the following signs. Sign — Kanji gO — + os I NK So , eZ SS ee A | eee + 3 > + 4 ~ rs a4 al. i 1 + ‘KUN’ DE-D ait-2 Aa-D bo-3 wo-3 LLO-9 eB “5” is the Hiragana ending. ‘ON’ SAN] SHIT GO) ROKU] SHICHI] HACHI] KYUU) [KU] JUU) Meaning two three four five seven eight nine tenLesson 3 aay hk 2}/-———S=8O¢ (3A (Basic Kanji) 2-1. BFOPEM (Kanji Writings ) [ eee: wae AEH tyas )2 four (things) MA(k> +2) the 4th day | WA(L +282) April te (4 « 4aA) four years | = POA (KZA) 4 Fersones | il 25 I five Wo-0 ig | (4) “TlAls LT LL | | | | | | | oe | Z| i (V32)2 five (things) HH (WO-+ ds) the Sth day BA(C +280) May Fh : ) five years | ne A )_S Persenes _ 2% |_| six to-2 ay/ty- 7N\ (4) \ J] = | ~ | JN LoL | K(tro)2. six (things) #AA(tsvs+ >) the 6th day | KA(S< +289) June AtE(S< + A) six years LANG K- 1A) E persone 27 seven biE-2 LF «| (2) [GGe%5)> 7 cosas EA(L5 AS) julio | a EHGRO?) 7° dia L4R(LS1aA) 7 afios bAGETRIZA/LBIZA) 7 personas28 29 30 31 Lesson 3 we Wa KALA 4VAS (><) eight Ro-0 DFID 9- aN (2) DIN (®5)2 eight (things) MA (ab Pee August DRG (ies */\E(E3 +2) the 8th day AM4E(ILS + A) eight years NA Wa $ - (oh) SBecdencs chu nine cmn-9 2 ay (2) ) i A(ZZM)2 nine (things) RA(Z=OM- 2) the 9th day WA (< + 48D) September H(A 5+ Ox <) 900 HA (Sw>t=4) 4 persones + ten tae Yay Yar-/Yo- (2) +(&8) ten (things) +H(E8-+2) the 10th day +A (Uw +282) October +4E(E m4 + tA) 10 years eG hundred eae /-Ex? tx? (6) —Tirlalale TAC O*<) 200 =AGCAU<) 300 KAA Wd) 600 J(ILO US <) 800Lesson 3 we Va KALA AYARS ae?) 32 4 thousand a ee y¥ z FA CHA + 2A) a thousat =F(S8A-+#A) 3,000 — nd yen 32 (% + If) Chiba pref. ten thousand all, every “|Z wy WY “ain | | | BA (wb: A+ RA) Fl (ZA + =<) all countries 34 FA circle yen ten thousand yen Fy AE (2A ea) beege vide ry (4) | [oir | FI(ZA) acirele, yen HA(Oe < + 2A) 100 yen | HTS BA+ 2A) 5,000 yen L = _t 35 | year ee RY | age Co | | ais HY cia | | oy & E(£L+92%) persona mayor, viejo/a F(&k+4aA,) afio pasado E(B 4a/.) afio pasado MEISEL) este afioLesson 3 2-2, kANALW> (Reading Exercises ) Write the reading of the following Kanji in Hiragana. (Read vertically from the right.) ql I Re A RS tA A ew H = © #H &A | & =o wl a A MO BH & dn ££ 0 OD F Fy ge eS it WwW RB H i 8 i & = & & # Fs it nu B# = Ww oO - & kK F FA pe ee le 8 ££ oOo & KA + xX H tk ne 9 % 6 B BM = H | GF © Kk Fe 8 A ® BD * * Hob A oF * F tO 7s eG ee i BF t¢ £ 2 A x tc F CP FR 6b A FF TS i a ee 5 ¢ ° 8 = 4 ° ° £ 5 tc ao eo t+ “A 4a A A tc oft : oF | K ° KR ‘e E I. 1. ¥100 2. ¥6,900 3. ¥600 4. ¥17,000 5. 4 months 6. 8 years 7. Professor Yamada’s age is 49. 8. This car costs ¥450,000. 9. That mountain is 2,000 meters high. 10. One year has 365 days. Tl. 1. the 3rd of March 2. the 24th of June 3. the year 1985 4, 03-3469-8251 5. Today is Wednesday the 9th of September. 6. The 5th of May is Children’s Day. 7. The population of this country is about 60,000,000.2-3. PEHALWI (Writing Exercises ) Fill in the blanks with an appropriate Kanji. Lesson 3 ao) au eee fo) oY Lm 6 HI OSM JOU OUD oO oOo SDan note ype BL HQ Pe WIMP eV Ge HL Dam nee A WS DEY ee od OY HR nee wi THO AQ Mee ww NW OEY Lo DSR nese Co BS HEY t DEW ae wR HR HH HQ we CDE Be Ory Be geovis Bak os Awe ve gw ur mae Bo a RLesson 3 _ Cg ee ee i ee) |b Vu = | b let z ® G v - ] ee a x a a as sD s | 8 | ae kc |e pe rs | 2 = wy 5 D 2 b G < ® 2 > > a c 5 Z| a L_]% o as 5 3 ; _&. _ 2. 1 ees i u v a rq » c | & 5 15 2 |_| iG (x we a a” | a jaa | z $ eof fs = | Jt _| 3S a» » a 1. ¥20 2. ¥300 3. ¥6,000 4. ¥80,000 5. ¥520 6. ¥850 7. ¥47,000 8. 10 years 9. 100 years 10. one person 11. two people 12. three people 13. four people 14. one month 15. the Ist of January 16. the 2nd of February 17. the 3rd of March 18. the 4th of April 19. the 5th of May 20. the 6th of June 21. the 7th of July 22. the 8th of August 23. the 9th of September 24. the 10th of October 25. November 26. DecemberLesson 3 [TW bo tTWtt pe Ce Ete lo (Do you know these words? Can you use them?) 2 8 ® I. J\GE (Greengrocer) 1. YAS (an apple) It, -OW z/B (3) ] ] ifs | | Ll (BV) SW=S i small “bil (43+ 4%) a brook, a stream AMPH L 23 Fo +25) a primary school */>A(Z EB) a child | - 1 a nN root, origin ee RY | | true, main (5) : 1 TITIAN | | | | . | | WA (@ +L) a Japanese surname *(1ZA) a book | ARH (IEA + CO) this day Aid (IZA + TA) the main office 42/1 | halt (tami) Wy (5) ‘TPE a = | t _ | *B (Zea) IE halfway, middle LSP (LA + SA) half ‘Ba (ILA + EL) half a year SRE(SA + C+ 1kA) 3.23043 44 45 Lesson 4 we wa CAE AYA (DK F5) IN| division, part bPnb/b-Pe T/T 77 \ iwinute be DUSTY (4) KI. - JN EN 1 | | B(b)itS to divide HA(C+ A) five minutes 33() +S to understand KB(So+ BA) six minutes H power, force BPS ability Yar Uy (2) WAL (SS) power H#(Y & + A8<) dynamics #AV(C2+ 9 4 <) one's real ability ‘ay | what WIS EA d (a) (7) 7 ATC He Ae ey 7 | | fa) (ZZ) what fA (RA +124) how many people f(A) CHA. What is it? 4i}4E (eA + dA) what yearLesson 4 2-2. £&ANALWS (Reading Exercises) I. Write the readings of the following Kanji in Hiragana. LA 2 8 4k 8K 6h 7. AK 8. Kaw 9. av 10. FD Meare ee se, 13. KY 14. 15. 4 16. {ase Il. Write the readings of the following Kanji in Hiragana. 1 CHAMOATID, HAMOACT. 2. WE SA DME TIL Y EAS 3. OS ADEMBEASY EF. There is some money on the desk. 4, MOPS ATA Y EF. There is a small bag in the car. 5. KAVY—-FEEBICAIE LZ. We divided a big cake in two. 6. HELOAEA Hse AA CHD. 7. VE ARRETSS CT Ao ABET CT o 8. £9 eT) Oia 9. EAS 10. FASLesson 4 2-3. PEHALWI (Writing Exercises) I. Fill in the blanks with appropriate Kanji. 3% on ter in under = 4 — — Lk 2 3. big bet Ls3 large medium small 4. what 5. what book 6. a small university 7. power ] ~ T 7 f [Jol] L jee | iele BA A BL ee ane brs 8. to understand 9. five minutes 10. to divide it in half pore | | Ic |3 db ps iA BALesson 4 Lo LoTWET HL I CkET HD (Do you know these words? Can you use them?) North Gate qb |t AG oO Subway — West HH FR Gate © wo TT | Ty |] Ade aa | | s = a) | | > AG | | | #o 3 —_— | a East Gate Ho Ag + | Pa CI | t South. Gate ! [ ett m AW Exit Entrance AL ticket gateLesson 4 Il. Fill in the blanks with appropriate Kanji. 1. inside 2. water power 3. heat power 4. half past nine Tey FADES yw OES < CIA 5. what time 6. for counting long slender objects —+ LJelt) LL). CL). CL... th C th BA Wo IA A eA IEA 7. a Japanese 8. up train 9. down train 10. an adult i BA CA OE KE be 11, a primary school 12. a junior high school Be BE LEd tio 5H bei to 29 13. the middle of July 14. a half, 1/2 15. one third, 1/3 | tz j\o| Le KO Tgp SA KA Os 16. three quarters, 3/4 17. all day long | |» | tA BA BA 5 Kb Ces 18. Mr. Yamamoto’s specialty is dynamics. | | jazoal jal Ct. oe ole tA bh De HKLesson 4 EO Hi up train yo EE oa Co oO 0 oO Oo a- platform < e To oo o FO@AH down train Exercise What do the following Kanji mean? 1. BAL (ess) 2. MO (e¢ 5) 3. AD (ve) <5) 4. ED (MIED) Be ey) (etl) 6. HO (OAL S45) 7, WO (iL 65) 8. dt (&K Cb) 9. HO (AACS) 10. WEE (ba TO)Lesson 5 [-——--#FOlé&L (Lectures on Kanji) BROMAR DUDS CRLRE (Kanji made from a combination of the meanings ) What does the Kanji ' Hj mean? It means ‘the sun.’ What does the Kanji ‘| mean? It means ‘the moon.’ Then, what do you think the Kanji THA) means? It means ‘bright’! Some Kanji are made by combining rather simple characters. Now, guess the meaning of the following Kanji. Ir isaac ieeeeste eee tony 5. fs 6. BH 7. fl 8. Look at the following examples and see how each character was combined and made into a new meaning. Combination Kanji ‘KUN’ ‘ON’ Meaning H + Ao — BR eon (MEN bright sun moon both the sun and the moon are ‘bright’ K+ RR — FR ete (KYUU] rest man tree aman is ‘resting’ beside a tree K+ BR a FR DoH (TAU the body man origin the origin of a man is ‘the body’ kK + F- — $-& [KOU] love, like woman child a woman ‘loves’ a childLesson 5 Combination Kanji ‘KUN’ ‘On’ Meaning A + DQ + BR wes (DAN] a man, male rice field power ‘a man’ is powerful in the rice field A + KR — HK aL (RIN] a wood ae tree two trees make ‘a wood’ ee K+ KR + KR—~ FE bh [SHIN] a forest tree tree tree three trees make ‘a forest’ a jungle MB o+ A — A ae [KAN] between gate sun the sun can be seen ‘between’ the doors K 4 ~ tH iar a cultivated field fire field burn up the field and make ‘a cultivated field’ Wo+ BH FB ep [GAN] a rock mountain stone a big stone in the mountain is ‘a rock’ yx Most Kanji were transmitted from China, however, there are some Kanji that originated in Japan. For example, {f(it/:i3), (fj (t7z5) < (to work), IH( 517) (a mountain pass) are of Japanese origin. There- fore, they do not have ‘ON YOMI’ (Chinese Reading). Many Kanji used to express the names of fish and plant are of Japanese origin. (725)(a cod) $8 (VL )(a sardine) eg. fiLesson 5 [a= k 2}/-——— BARO SABE (Basic Kanji) 2-1, B¥OPEPME (Kanji Writings) ae wa war Ava? <5) 46 BA bright SP-Bu a4 light b-itd (8) 1 |v B |e) jenienleA | A (A) St bright, cheerful PA(2)'+ (dawn) to break 47 UK rest ett Fay «) yy ia hk LE ee | | | | | tK(#$) ts to rest, to be absent tk (®$) & a break, a holiday KA (Se + U2) a holiday 48 1, body DoE vA (1) 7 Weiter anal | | | L | | fh (572) a body tH (t+ 4) physical exercises tH (7204+ 0 <) physical strength