1 Introduction - Reinaert Albrecht

1 Introduction
Kanji are ordered by frequency. This file uses information from several sources.
1.1 Kanjidic
Meanings, Japanese pronounciations, frequency and grade of kanji are extracted from Kanjidic. Information about Kanjidic can be
found here: http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/ jwb/kanjidic.html
1.2 SKIP
The SKIP (System of Kanji Indexing by Patterns) system for ordering kanji was developed by Jack Halpern (Kanji Dictionary Publishing
Society at http://www.kanji.org/), and is used with his permission.
1.3 Unihan Database
Meanings and Chinese pronounciations come from the Unihan Database: http://www.unicode.org/charts/unihan.html
1.4 Mnemonics
The mnemonics have been developped by Reinaert Albrecht. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercialShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.
Mnemonics that have RS. in front of them derive from Chinese Etymology (http://www.chineseetymology.org) by Richard Sears
and are used with kind permission.
Mnemonics that have lit. in front of them derive from Shuowen Jiezi (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shuowen_Jiezi).
1.5 Kanjicafe
Stroke order diagrams have been developped at Kanjicafe (http://www.kanjicafe.com/license.htm)
1.6 Hanazono font
The information section uses the Hanazono font (http://fonts.jp/hanazono/) by kind permission of Koichi Kamichi).
1.7 Kanji Stroke Order Font
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久久
久
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
Mnemonics
long time, old story
ひさ.しい / キュウ, ク
.
• person 人 having his head hanging 厂 against the bar: it has
grown late in the evening, it’s been a long time since he said something reasonable
• RS. one form of foot, to detain someone from walking: long time
久 支支
支
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
Mnemonics
branch, support, sustain, branch radical (no. 65)
ささ.える,. つか.える, か.う / シ
• RS. hand 又 holding a branch 十 : used to disperse the crowds
of birds eating the food from the fields thus allowing to earn one’s
money, pay taxes and support one’s family
支 比比
比
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
compare, race,
ratio, Philipines
.
くら.べる / ヒ
Mnemonics
• two men
匕 上 next to each other being compared
比 仏仏
佛
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
S:仏
Buddha, the dead, France
.
ほとけ / ブツ,
フツ
Mnemonics
• not
弗 an average person 亻 /important individual 厶 person
亻
仏 圧圧
壓
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
S:压 A:圧
pressure, push,
overwhelm, oppress, dominate
.
お.す, へ.す, おさ.える, お.さえる / アツ, エン, オウ
Mnemonics
• the weight of cliffs
厭 /厂 and ground 土 crushes everything
圧 永永
永
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
Mnemonics
A:𣱵
eternity, long, lengthy
なが.い / エイ
.
• man 丶 crossing a large body of water
水:
it seems like ages
before he reaches the other side; water 水 with cover
aquifer with water that has been there forever 𣱵
亠
: old
永 可可
Kanji mnemonics for kentei6
可
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
Mnemonics
can, passable, mustn’t, should not, do not
-べ.き, -べ.し / カ, コク
.
•
→ 可 : it is good not to talk 口 too much 丂 ; approval
is given by nodding one’s head, not by talking; what can possibly go
wrong when everything is good?
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可 刊刊
刊
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
publish, carve,
engrave
.
/ カン
Mnemonics
• words engraved with tools
干 刂 in wood
刊 旧旧
臼
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
A:旧
old times, old things, old friend, former, ex.
ふる.い, もと / キュウ
Mnemonics
•
→
臼→旧
旧 句句
句
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
phrase, clause,
sentence, passage, paragraph, counter for haiku
.
/ク
Mnemonics
• uttered by an open
勹 mouth 口
句 示示
示
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
Mnemonics
A:𥘅 礻
show, indicate, point out, express, display
しめ.す / ジ, シ
.
• something 一 shown on an altar 𥘅 :
→
示 or 礻 (do not
confuse with 衤 )
• con. altar, worship
示 犯犯
犯
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
crime, sin, .offense
おか.す / ハン, ボン
Mnemonics
• act like a stooped
㔾 dog 犭 ready to commit a crime
犯 布布
布
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
linen, cloth, spread, distribute
ぬの / フ .
Mnemonics
• clothes 巾 workable by hand 𠂇 distributed to the poor and needy
after a public announcement
布 弁弁
弁
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
valve, petal, braid, speech, dialect, discrimination, dispose of, distin.
guish
わきま.える, わ.ける, はなびら, あらそ.う / ベン, ヘン
Mnemonics
• RS. hands
廾 placing a hat on the head:
→
弁
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因因
因
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
cause, factor, be associated with, depend on, be limited to
.
よ.る, ちな.む
/ イン
Mnemonics
• person 大 locked up
• con. prisoner
囗:
usually with good reason
因 仮仮
假
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
Mnemonics
S:仮
sham, temporary, interim, assumed (name), informal
かり, かり- / カ, ケ
.
• false 叚 person 亻
• /something against 反 a person
反 something temporary
亻:
a lie; person
亻 reverting
仮 件件
件
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
affair, case,. matter, item
くだん / ケン
Mnemonics
• person 亻 dealing with his cows 牛 : important matter and article
件 再再
再
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
again, twice, second time
ふたた.び ./ サイ, サ
Mnemonics
• RS. two fish on a line
again and again
→
→
再:
the fisher catches fish
再 在在
在
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
exist, outskirts, suburbs, located in
あ.る / ザイ
.
Mnemonics
• something pierced through
→在
才 stays at the same place 土 :
在 舌舌
舌
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
tongue, reed, clapper
した / ゼツ
.
Mnemonics
• tongue sticking out of the mouth
tongue invades 干 the mouth 口
→
→
舌 ; lit.
the
舌 団団
団
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
group, association
.
かたまり, まる.い / ダン, トン
Mnemonics
• small
寸 enclosure 囗 (of people 口 )
団 Kanji mnemonics for kentei6
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任任
任
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
responsibility,
. duty, term, entrust to, appoint
まか.せる, まか.す / ニン
Mnemonics
• load
壬 entrusted to a person 亻 :
his duty is to bear it
任 応応
應
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
Mnemonics
S:应 A:応
apply, answer, yes, OK, reply, accept
あた.る, まさに, こた.える / オウ, ヨウ, -ノウ
.
• mind 心 ready to respond like a falcon 䧹
• /mind
→
心 wide 广 open with a attention:
ready to respond
応
应
応 快快
快
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
cheerful, pleasant, agreeable, comfortable
. / カイ
こころよ.い
Mnemonics
• rapid heart 忄 beat when chasing with arrows
activity for the rich
夬
: cheerful
快 技技
技
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
A:伎
skill, art, craft,
ability, feat, performance, vocation, arts
.
わざ / ギ
Mnemonics
• (person
亻 ) with hand 扌 supporting 支 skill and talent
技 均均
均
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
level, average
.
なら.す / キン
Mnemonics
• equal
勻 ground 土
均 災災
災
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
S:灾
disaster, calamity, woe, curse, evil
わざわ.い ./ サイ
Mnemonics
• overflowing rivers 巛 and fires 火 provoke the greatest disasters/a
roof
宀 on fire 火
災 志志
志
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
intention, plan, resolve, aspire, motive, hopes, shilling
シリング, .こころざ.す, こころざし / シ
Mnemonics
• the mind 心 of the master
moves according to his will
士
is purposeful, determined and
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似似
似
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
becoming, .resemble, counterfeit, imitate, suitable
に.る, ひ.る / ジ
Mnemonics
• individual person
以 resembling another person 亻
似 序序
序
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
Mnemonics
preface, beginning, order, precedence, occasion, chance, incidentally
つい.で, ついで / ジョ
.
• RS. shuttle going back and forth 予 indicating the series or sequence
book
广:
→
序;
the preface sums up the order of the
序 条条
條
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
Mnemonics
S:条
article, clause, item, stripe, streak
えだ, すじ / ジョウ, チョウ, デキ
.
• RS. wooden 木 sticks hitting 攸 the water
• /hand hitting 攵 with a wooden stick 木 to determine and measure the condition of something or impose the law in the article
条 状状
狀
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
Mnemonics
S:状
status quo, conditions, circumstances, form, appearance
/ ジョウ .
• dog 犬 seen from a different angle: 爿 /丬 : a different form,
appearance but the dog remains in the same condition
状 判判
判
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
judgement, signature, stamp, seal
わか.る / .ハン, バン
Mnemonics
• RS. function of a knife
cow
刂 to discriminate parts of (to divide) the
半
判 防防
防
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
ward off, defend,
protect, resist
.
ふせ.ぐ / ボウ
Mnemonics
• using a slope
阝 to defend in one direction 方
防 余余
余
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
too much, myself, surplus, other, remainder
あま.る, あま.り,
あま.す, あんま.り / ヨ
.
Mnemonics
• person wearing a hat holding something under his arms
→
余:
→
he tries to carry the remainder of a battle away
余 Kanji mnemonics for kentei6
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易易
易
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
easy, ready to, simple, fortune-telling, divination
.
やさ.しい, やす.い / エキ, イ
Mnemonics
• RS. pour water from one container into another
→
易
易 往往
往
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
journey, travel,
chase away, let go, going, before, formerly
.
い.く, いにしえ, さき.に, ゆ.く / オウ
Mnemonics
• leader 主 going
彳 forward on the road (now a thing of the past)
往 価価
價
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
Mnemonics
S:价 A:価
value, price
あたい / カ, ケ
.
• merchant 賈 selling something for a price to a person
亻
介 men 亻 into different classes
• person 亻 paying a high price for a rare bird 覀 species
• /price separates
価 河河
河
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
river
.
かわ / カ
Mnemonics
• constantly speaking
可 water 氵 ; good 可 water 氵
河 居居
居
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
reside, to be, exist, live with
い.る, -い,. お.る / キョ, コ
Mnemonics
• old
古 body 尸 sits where it is and doesn’t move
• RS. baby 古 falling from a mother 尸 : original dwelling place
居 券券
券
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
Mnemonics
ticket
.
/ ケン
• scroll � cut/carved with a knife
刀
券 効効
効
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
merit, efficacy,
efficiency, benefit
.
き.く, ききめ, なら.う / コウ
Mnemonics
• forces
力 being joined 交 in order to be efficacious
効 妻妻
Kanji mnemonics for kentei6
妻
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
wife, spouse
.
つま / サイ
Mnemonics
• RS. hand
⺕ grabbing the hair 屮 of ones woman 女
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妻 枝枝
枝
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
bough, branch,
twig, limb, counter for branches
.
えだ / シ
Mnemonics
• branches
支 of a tree 木
枝 舎舎
舍
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
A:舎
cottage, inn, hut, house, mansion
やど.る / .シャ, セキ
Mnemonics
• where tongues
舌 chatter together 亼 under the roof 𠆢 ; place
土 with roof 𠆢 and talking mouths 口
舎 述述
述
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
mention, state, speak, relate
の.べる / .ジュツ
Mnemonics
• plant crop 术 being walked ⻌ next to: one can continue almost
endlessly giving time to tell many tales
述 承承
承
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
acquiesce, hear, listen to, be informed, receive
うけたまわ.る, う.ける, ささ.げる, とど.める,
.
こ.らす, つい.で, すく.う / ショウ, ジョウ
Mnemonics
• RS. three hands 手 holding a person 子 :
support and hearing his stories
たす.ける,
→ 承 : receiving
承 招招
招
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
beckon, invite,
summon, engage
.
まね.く / ショウ
Mnemonics
• hand
扌 summoning 召 someone:
beckon
招 制制
制
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
A:𠝁
system, law,
. rule
/ セイ
Mnemonics
• people
𠂉 from the city 市 controlled by a knife 刂
制 性性
性
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
sex, gender,
. nature
さが / セイ, ショウ
Mnemonics
• related to the heart
忄 of living 生 beings
性 Kanji mnemonics for kentei6
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版版
版
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
printing block,
printing plate, edition, impression, label
.
/ ハン
Mnemonics
• slice
片 of wood which is hit against 反 paper
版 肥肥
肥
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
fertilizer, get
. fat, fertile, manure, pamper
こ.える, こえ, こ.やす, こ.やし, ふと.る / ヒ
Mnemonics
• meat
月 that is greatly desired 巴 :
fat
肥 非非
非
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
un-, mistake, negative, injustice, nonあら.ず / .ヒ
Mnemonics
• outward turned (not flapping) wings:
function; the wings oppose the air
→
非:
they do not
非 武武
武
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
warrior, military,
chivalry, arms
.
たけ.し / ブ, ム
Mnemonics
• to stop
止 with a 一 weapon 弋 :
military
武 逆逆
逆
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
inverted, reverse,
opposite, wicked
.
さか, さか.さ, さか.らう / ギャク, ゲキ
Mnemonics
• disobedient
屰 going ⻌ :
rebel or traitor
逆 限限
限
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
limit, restrict,
. to best of ability
かぎ.る, かぎ.り, -かぎ.り / ゲン
Mnemonics
• good
艮 slope 阝 stopping 艮 people
限 故故
故
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
happenstance, especially, intentionally, reason, cause, circumstances,
.
the late, therefore,
consequently
ゆえ, ふる.い, もと / コ
Mnemonics
• old
古 hand 攵 doing things nobody remembers reason for
故 厚厚
Kanji mnemonics for kentei6
厚
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
thick, heavy, rich, kind, cordial, brazen, shameless
.
あつ.い, あか
/ コウ
Mnemonics
• thick 㫗 cliff
friendship
厂
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厚 査査
査
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
investigate.
/サ
Mnemonics
• find out the kind of tree
木 of which a table is made 且
査 政政
政
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
politics, government
. まん / セイ, ショウ
まつりごと,
Mnemonics
• hand
攵 moving the country in the correct 正 direction
• RS. correct 正 action with the hand 攵
政 祖祖
祖
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
ancestor, pioneer,
founder
.
/ソ
Mnemonics
• venerated at the table
且 of the altar 礻
祖 則則
則
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
S:则
rule, follow, based on, model after
のっと.る ./ ソク
Mnemonics
• the law or rules is instated by sword 刂 but circumvented by money
貝
則 退退
退
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
retreat, withdraw, retire, resign, repel, expel, reject
しりぞ.く,. しりぞ.ける, ひ.く, の.く, の.ける, ど.く / タイ
Mnemonics
• RS. on the road ⻌ walk away 夊 from the sun
of defeat it’s good 艮 to walk ⻌ away
日 ; in the face
退 独独
獨
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
S:独
single, alone,
. spontaneously, Germany
ひと.り / ドク, トク
Mnemonics
• a dog
犭 alone with his insects 蜀 /虫
独 保保
保
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
protect, guarantee, keep, preserve, sustain, support
たも.つ / .ホ, ホウ
Mnemonics
• RS. woman
木 ):
亻 holding her baby 子 → 呆 (head 口 and feet
protect
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迷迷
迷
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
astray, be perplexed,
in doubt, lost, err, illusion
.
まよ.う / メイ
Mnemonics
• walking
辶 rice 米 :
it must be bewitched
迷 益益
益
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
Mnemonics
benefit, gain, profit, advantage
ま.す / エキ, ヤク
.
• RS. water 氺 (sideways) in a bowl 皿
→ 益 : used to
everyone’s advantage; looks like a house: having your own house is
a huge benefit
益 恩恩
恩
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
grace, kindness,
goodness, favor, mercy, blessing, benefit
.
/ オン
Mnemonics
• merciful heart
心 for the prisoner 因
恩 格格
格
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
status, rank, capacity, character, case (law, grammar)
. キャク, ゴウ
/ カク, コウ,
Mnemonics
• individual
status
各 style of patterns carved in wood 木 reflecting one’s
格 個個
個
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
Mnemonics
S:个
individual, counter for articles
/ コ, カ .
• single person 亻 with individual stories
• /person | having his own roof 𠆢
固
個 耕耕
耕
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
till, plow, cultivate
.
たがや.す / コウ
Mnemonics
• plow
耒 and irrigate with water from the well 井
耕 財財
財
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
Mnemonics
S:财
property, money, wealth, assets
.
たから / ザイ,
サイ, ゾク
• having the talent
rich
才 to amass money 貝 :
end up wealthy and
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桜桜
櫻
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
S:樱 A:桜
cherry
.
さくら / オウ,
ヨウ
Mnemonics
• tree
木 producing beautiful babies 嬰 (cherry blossoms); 櫻 →
桜
桜 師師
師
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
Mnemonics
S:师
expert, teacher, master, model, exemplar, army (incl. counter), war
もろもろ, なら.う / シ, ス
.
• irritable individual storing 𠂤 his one 一 flag 巾 carrying his
family’s emblem very carefully
• /master swordsman carrying his one 一 sword 刂 and his flag 巾
師 修修
修
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
discipline, conduct oneself well, study, master
おさ.める,. おさ.まる / シュウ, シュ
Mnemonics
• relaxed
cultivated
攸
person with a long beard
彡
: he is studied and
修 素素
素
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
elementary, principle, naked, uncovered
もと / ソ,. ス
Mnemonics
• threads 糸 made from a living 龶 thing: white silk: normal thing
to be seen on the silk road and elementary for it’s trade
素 造造
造
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
create, make, structure, physique
.
つく.る, つく.り,
-づく.り / ゾウ
Mnemonics
• mouth with horns telling
struct or make something
告 everyone that he’s going 辶 to con-
造 能能
能
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
Mnemonics
ability, talent, skill, capacity
よ.く / ノウ
.
• many individual
厶 people 匕 匕 ⺼ together are able to do
great things; one needs many abilities to perform on stage
• RS. A bear with four feet and meat in its mouth:
→
→
→
能
能 破破
破
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
Mnemonics
rend, rip, tear, break, destroy, defeat, frustrate
やぶ.る, やぶ.れる, わ.れる / ハ
.
• a stone 石 hidden in a hide 皮 : looks not dangerous but can
destroy many things
• hand
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破 俵俵
俵
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
bag, bale, sack, counter for bags
.
たわら / ヒョウ
Mnemonics
• person 亻 showing 表 things from bags and distributing them:
divide between persons
俵 容容
容
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
contain, form, looks
い.れる / .ヨウ
Mnemonics
• RS. a house 宀 that can contain that which is released
form is essential
谷 ; it’s
容 留留
留
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
Mnemonics
S:畄 A:畱 留
detain, fasten, halt, stop
.
と.める, と.まる,
とど.める, とど.まる, るうぶる / リュウ, ル
• stop the work on the fields
at something small ⺌
田 to look at two moons 卯 /丣 or
留 移移
移
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
shift, move, change, drift, catch (cold, fire), pass into
.
うつ.る, うつ.す
/イ
Mnemonics
• when you are drunk
time
多 plants 禾 seem to change place all the
移 液液
液
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
fluid, liquid,
. juice, sap, secretion
/ エキ
Mnemonics
• juicy liquid
氵 consumed during the night 夜
液 眼眼
眼
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
eyeball
まなこ, め. / ガン, ゲン
Mnemonics
• good 艮 eye 目 ; twice eye 艮 目 ; hole remaining after the eye
目 has been removed with a knife 艮
眼 基基
基
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
fundamentals,
radical (chem), counter for machines, foundation
.
もと, もとい / キ
Mnemonics
• ground
土 on which the table 其 stands:
foundation
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寄寄
寄
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
draw near,. stop in, bring near, gather, collect, send, forward
よ.る, -よ.り, よ.せる / キ
Mnemonics
• big unusual thing
奇 sent to or collected in the house 宀
寄 規規
規
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
Mnemonics
S:规
standard, measure
.
/キ
• person 夫 seeing 見 to it that the rules are being implemented
so everything happens according to law and standards
規 許許
許
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
Mnemonics
S:许
permit, approve
.
ゆる.す, もと
/ キョ
• words
permit
言 spoken when many people 午 are together:
allow or
許 經
経経
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
Mnemonics
S:经 A:経
sutra, longitude, pass thru, expire, warp
へ.る, た.つ, たていと, はか.る, のり / ケイ, キョウ
• streams under ground 巠 passing through the bedrock like a thread
糸 passing. through a bound book with classic works, plans or regulations
纟 binding a crafted 工 book by entering 入 it
• holy 圣 silk 糸 cloth with sutras: reading them one passes through
• /a thread
various stages of enlightenment
経 険険
險
Pronounciation
S:险 A:険
precipitous, inaccessible place, impregnable position, steep place,
sharp eyes .
けわ.しい / ケン
Mnemonics
• place surrounded by slopes 阝 defended with arrows 僉 /佥 /㑒
Kanjidic
険 現現
現
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
Mnemonics
S:现
present, existing, actual
. あらわ.す, うつつ, うつ.つ / ゲン
あらわ.れる,
• the king
ance
王 is seen 見 by everyone in public:
a manifest appear-
現 混混
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混
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
mix, blend, confuse
.
ま.じる, -ま.じり,
ま.ざる, ま.ぜる, こ.む / コン
Mnemonics
• two men under the sun
the sun
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混 採採
採
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
pick, take, .fetch, take up
と.る / サイ
Mnemonics
• gathering
采 things by hand 扌
採 授授
授
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
impart, instruct,
grant, confer
.
さず.ける, さず.かる / ジュ
Mnemonics
• hand
扌 receiving 受 something that was given to it
授 術術
術
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
S:术
art, technique, skill, means, trick, resources, magic
.
すべ / ジュツ
Mnemonics
• skillfully walking
行 through the millet 术 field with left 彳 and
right foot 亍 without trampling the cereals 术
術 常常
常
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
usual, ordinary, normal, regular
. / ジョウ
つね, とこ-
Mnemonics
• RS. common activity:
house/factory
making clothes
巾
in a decorated
尚
常 情情
情
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
feelings, emotion,
passion, sympathy, circumstances, facts
.
なさ.け / ジョウ, セイ
Mnemonics
• heart
忄 feeling blue 青
情 責責
責
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
Mnemonics
S:责
blame, condemn, censure
せ.める / .セキ
• RS. the thorny 朿 part of owing money 貝 : debt - responsibility:
one is blamed for all kinds of stuff
責 接接
接
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
Mnemonics
touch, contact, adjoin, piece together
つ.ぐ / セツ,
. ショウ
• hand 扌 of a woman ready to please 妾 : she will receive you and
continue to care for you connecting with your inner feelings while
touching you
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設設
設
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
Mnemonics
S:设
establishment, provision, prepare
もう.ける ./ セツ
• words
things
言 urging a weapon 殳 to be used to build and establish
設 断断
斷
Pronounciation
S:断
severance, decline, refuse, apologize, warn, dismiss, prohibit, decision,
judgement, cutting
.
た.つ, ことわ.る, さだ.める / ダン
Mnemonics
• RS. axe
Kanjidic
斤 with several thread cutting knives 㡭 (used in sewing
machines)
→斷→断
断 張張
張
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
Mnemonics
S:张
lengthen, counter for bows & stringed instruments, stretch, spread,
put up (tent)
.
は.る, -は.り, -ば.り / チョウ
• long 長 string of a bow
sheet of paper with marks
弓 being stretched before shooting at a
張 貧貧
貧
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
S:贫
poverty, poor
.
まず.しい / ヒン, ビン
Mnemonics
• RS. separated from
分 money 貝
貧 婦婦
婦
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
Mnemonics
S:妇
lady, woman, wife, bride
よめ / フ .
女 carrying a broom 帚 :
女 held under hand ⺕
• woman
she’s a married wife/woman
婦 務務
務
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
Mnemonics
S:务
task, duties
つと.める / ム
.
• a lance 矛 hitting
bussiness
• /tap
攵 with force 力 :
doing one’s work, serious
攵 using force 力
務 率率
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率
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
Mnemonics
ratio, rate, proportion, %, coefficient, factor
ひき.いる ./ ソツ, リツ, シュツ
• RS. a vibrating string:
→
→ 率 : frequency with certain
ratios limited by the length of the string, one’s plucked, it leads it’s
own life
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率 略略
略
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
abbreviation, omission, outline, shorten, capture, plunder
ほぼ, おか.す,
おさ.める, はかりごと, はか.る,
.
りゃく.す, りゃく.する / リャク
Mnemonics
• RS. to walk and talk 各 around the field 田 : survey boundaries
approximately in order to be ready to invade
はぶ.く,
略 営営
営
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
occupation,. camp, perform, build, conduct (business)
いとな.む, いとな.み / エイ
Mnemonics
• place where mouths
呂 recite studied words 龸
営 過過
過
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
S:过
overdo, exceed, go beyond, error
す.ぎる, -す.ぎる, -す.ぎ, す.ごす, あやま.つ, あやま.ち, よ.ぎる
.
/カ
Mnemonics
• go
⻌
through a deformed opening
咼
: pass through/go
⻌
through a small 寸 opening: pass through; it doesn’t leave room for
error
過 賀賀
賀
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
Mnemonics
S:贺
congratulations, joy
.
/ガ
• increase 加 somebody’s self image by using money
a present as a way of congratulation
貝:
sending
賀 検検
檢
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
S:检 A:検
examination, investigate
しら.べる ./ ケン
Mnemonics
• people gathered
僉 to check on the health of a tree 木 ; 檢 →
検 ; drive an arrow 僉 into a tree 木 to check it’s health
検 減減
減
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
Mnemonics
S:减
dwindle, decrease, reduce, decline, curtail, get hungry
.
へ.る, へ.らす
/ ゲン
• water 氵 used in defending a fortress 咸 : it decreases the chance
of the fortress being taken
減 証証
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證
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
S:证 A:証
evidence, proof, certificate
.
あかし / ショウ
Mnemonics
• truth of words
言 rises 登 after it has been verified or proven
• /correct 正 words 言
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証 税税
税
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
tax, duty .
/ ゼイ
Mnemonics
• grain
禾 taken by big brother 兑 :
taxes
税 絶絶
絕
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
Mnemonics
S:绝 A:絶
discontinue, beyond, sever, cut off, abstain, interrupt, suppress
た.える, た.やす, た.つ / ゼツ
.
• hand desiring 巴 to cut the thread 糸 /纟 with force 力
• people with open mouth
⺈ desiring 巴 a coloured 色 thread
糸 want to cut it
絶 測測
測
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
S:测
fathom, plan,
. scheme, measure
はか.る / ソク
Mnemonics
• regulating 則 water 氵 flow: the amount is measured or estimated
測 属属
屬
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
Mnemonics
S:属
belong, genus, subordinate official, affiliated
さかん, つく, やから / ゾク, ショク
• different .classes or categories of insects 蜀 : some living in water
氺 others feeding on corpses 尸
• /different corpses 尸 of insects 禹 : all ordered according to class
and category to which they belong
属 貸貸
貸
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
S:贷
lend
.
か.す, か.し-, かし- / タイ
Mnemonics
• soldier
代 borrowing money 貝
貸 提提
提
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
propose, take
. along, carry in hand
さ.げる / テイ, チョウ, ダイ
Mnemonics
• hand
扌 holding things proposing them in broad daylight 是
提 程程
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程
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
Mnemonics
extent, degree, law, formula, distance, limits, amount
ほど, -ほど
. / テイ
• speak to the ruler 呈 about the grain 禾 harvest: pattern that
is repeated every year, the degree of failure determines the extent of
governance
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程 統統
統
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
Mnemonics
S:统
overall, relationship, ruling, governing
.
す.べる, ほび.る
/ トウ
• mature person
govern
充
holding the reigns
糸
of power: unite and
統 備備
備
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
Mnemonics
S:备
equip, provision, preparation
そな.える, そな.わる, つぶさ.に / ビ
. prepared for harvesting the crop for the food factory
• person 亻
𤰇:
the crop is ready to be harvested
• /go 夂 on the fields 田 : makes sense only when you are prepared
and the crops are ready to harvest
備 評評
評
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
S:评
evaluate, criticism,
comment
.
/ ヒョウ
Mnemonics
• levelling
平 words 言
評 富富
富
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
wealth, enrich,
abundant
.
と.む, とみ / フ, フウ
Mnemonics
• house
宀 with many filled pots 畐 :
house of a wealthy family
富 復復
復
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
Mnemonics
S:复
restore, return to, revert, resume
.
また / フク
• person 𠂉 (coming 彳 ) and coming
日 : he keeps on returning
夂 repeatedly during a day
復 報報
報
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
S:报
report, news, reward, retribution
むく.いる ./ ホウ
Mnemonics
• wrapped
• /hand
𠬝 fortune 幸
扌 wrapped 𠬝 news or money
報 貿貿
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貿
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
S:贸 A:𧶻 𧶝
trade, exchange
.
/ ボウ
Mnemonics
• money
貝 moving from one moon to another moon 卯 /丣
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貿 解解
解
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
Mnemonics
unravel, notes, key, explanation, understanding, untie, undo, solve,
answer, cancel, absolve, explain, minute
.
と.く, と.かす,
と.ける, ほど.く, ほど.ける, わか.る, さと.る /
カイ, ゲ
• RS. knife 刀 separating the horn
tion is unravelling of the truth
角 from the cow 牛 ; explana-
解 幹幹
幹
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
tree trunk
.
みき / カン
Mnemonics
• farmer 人 holding his tool 干 watching the sun 日 rise 倝 behind
a tree trunk
十 (tree 木 without branches)
幹 義義
義
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
Mnemonics
S:义
righteousness, justice, morality, honor, loyalty, meaning
/ギ
.
• person guarding 我 his sheep ⺷ and being generous to strangers
roaming the land
• /hand
乂 giving things 丶
義 禁禁
禁
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
Mnemonics
prohibition, ban, forbid
/ キン
.
• don’t plant trees 林 on the altar
示!
• not all trees 林 can be used for making religious objects put on
the altar 示 : restricted use
禁 群群
群
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
flock, group,
. crowd, herd, swarm, cluster
む.れる, む.れ, むら, むら.がる / グン
Mnemonics
• group of sheep
羊 led 君 by the herder
群 鉱鉱
鉱
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
mineral, ore
.
あらがね / コウ
Mnemonics
• broad place
広 used for extracting metal 金 :
open mine
鉱 罪罪
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罪
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
guilt, sin, crime,
fault, blame, offense
.
つみ / ザイ
Mnemonics
• if your bag
罒 is no 非 longer there a crime has been committed
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罪 資資
資
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
S:资
assets, resources,
capital, funds, data, be conducive to, contribute to
.
/シ
Mnemonics
• people ranked
次 according to money 貝 :
wealth
資 飼飼
飼
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
S:饲
domesticate,
. raise, keep, feed
か.う / シ
Mnemonics
• take charge
司 of the food 飠
飼 準準
準
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
semi-, correspond to, proportionate to, conform, imitate
.
じゅん.じる,
じゅん.ずる, なぞら.える, のり, ひと.しい,
みずもり / ジュン
Mnemonics
• water
氵 level serves as a guideline for many 十 birds 隹
準 勢勢
勢
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
forces, energy,
military strength
.
いきお.い, はずみ / セイ, ゼイ
Mnemonics
• artful
埶 display of force 力
勢 損損
損
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
Mnemonics
S:损
damage, loss, disadvantage, hurt, injure
そこ.なう,. そこな.う, -そこ.なう, そこ.ねる, -そこ.ねる / ソン
• hand
aged
扌 of personnel 員 lets something fall to the ground dam-
損 墓墓
墓
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
grave, tomb
.
はか / ボ
Mnemonics
• made in clay
土 and not visible under the grass 莫
墓 豊豊
豐
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
S:丰 A:豊
bountiful, excellent, rich
.
ゆた.か, とよ / ホウ, ブ
Mnemonics
• RS. a container
豆 full of flowers 丰 :
→
豐→豊
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夢夢
夢
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
Mnemonics
S:梦
dream, vision, illusion
ゆめ, ゆめ.みる, くら.い / ム, ボウ
.
• RS. an eye ⺲ with eye lid 艹 (top) and man
moon
夕 (bottom):
dream/dreaming
儿 (→ 冖 ) and
of a moon 夕 in the woods
林
夢 預預
預
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
Mnemonics
S:预
deposit, custody, leave with, entrust to
あず.ける,. あず.かる / ヨ
• what is before 予 in the head
to be taken care of
頁:
preparation; one deposits it
預 演演
演
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
performance,
. act, play, render, stage
/ エン
Mnemonics
• respectfully
寅 perform a religious ceremony with holy water 氵
演 慣慣
慣
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
S:惯
accustomed,
. get used to, become experienced
な.れる, な.らす / カン
Mnemonics
• that which pierces
貫 the mind 忄 without one thinking about it
慣 境境
境
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
boundary, .border, region
さかい / キョウ, ケイ
Mnemonics
• where the ground
土 of one country comes to an end 竟
境 構構
構
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
Mnemonics
S:构
posture, build, pretend
かま.える, かま.う / コウ
.
• interweaved 冓 pieces of wood
ture/pieces of wood
building structure
木
hooked
木 : frame or building struc勾 together forming a frame or
構 際際
際
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
Mnemonics
S:际
occasion, side, edge, verge, dangerous, adventurous, indecent, time,
when
.
きわ, -ぎわ / サイ
• slope 阝 of the altar 祭 /示 : border which nobody is to cross,
if you do you risk punishment (dangerous behaviour)
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雑雑
雑
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
miscellaneous
まじ.える,. まじ.る / ザツ, ゾウ
Mnemonics
• differing types birds
each other
隹 in many trees 杂 :
they mix amongst
雑 酸酸
酸
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
acid, bitterness, sour, tart
.
す.い / サン
Mnemonics
• jar 酉 containing a liquid that makes the spoiling process go slowly
夋:
acid
酸 精精
精
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
refined, ghost,
fairy, energy, vitality, semen, excellence, purity, skill
.
/ セイ, ショウ, シヤウ
Mnemonics
• the essence of farm life are the green
青 rice 米 plants
精 製製
製
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
made in...,. manufacture
/ セイ
Mnemonics
• city 市 people 𠂉 using a knife 刂 (制 ) for making clothes 衣
製 銭銭
錢
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
S:钱 A:銭
coin, .01 yen, money
ぜに, すき. / セン, ゼン
Mnemonics
• a small amount
戔 /㦮 of gold or metal 金 serves as currency
• metal 金 used to pay soldiers 戔 /㦮
銭 総総
總
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
Mnemonics
S:总 A:総 捴 摠 總 𢵃 𢷝 揔 惣
general, whole, all, full, total
す.べて, すべ.て, ふさ / ソウ
. together with thread 糸 in an agitated
• bind things
悤 /忩 way
扌 and transported by cow 牜
• /many things 丷 collected in the heart 心 are told by the mouth
口
or by hand
総 像像
像
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
statue, picture,
image, figure, portrait
.
/ ゾウ
Mnemonics
• picture resembling the image
象 of a man 亻
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増増
增
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
Mnemonics
A:増
increase, add, augment, gain, promote
. ふ.える, ふ.やす / ゾウ
ま.す, ま.し,
• things growing
the time
曾 on the ground 土 of the field 田 increase all
増 態態
態
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
S:态
attitude, condition, figure, appearance, voice (of verbs)
わざ.と / .タイ
Mnemonics
• a heart
心 standing up to many people 能
• /having a fat 太 heart 心
態 適適
適
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
Mnemonics
S:适
suitable, occasional, rare, qualified, capable
かな.う / テキ
. rows of stalks 啇 going on ⻌ : they match the same
• rows upon
line: comfortable to harvest
• /tongue
other’s ear
舌
going on
⻌
with comfortable talk matching the
適 銅銅
銅
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
S:铜
copper
.
あかがね / ドウ
Mnemonics
• metal
金 having the same 同 colour as gold 金
銅 徳徳
德
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
Mnemonics
S:徳
benevolence, virtue, goodness, commanding respect
/ トク
.
• RS. walk 彳 a straight 𢛳 road
德→徳
• walk 彳 with an honest heart 𢛳
• modf.
徳 複複
複
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
duplicate, double,
compound, multiple
.
/ フク
Mnemonics
• repeated
复 clothes 衤 :
overlap
複 綿綿
綿
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
S:绵
cotton
.
わた / メン
Mnemonics
• RS. cotton
帛 used to make thread 糸
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領領
領
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
S:领
jurisdiction,. dominion, territory, fief, reign
えり / リョウ
Mnemonics
• commanding
令 part of the head 頁 :
a straight neck
領 確確
確
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
Mnemonics
S:确
assurance, firm, tight, hard, solid, confirm, clear, evident
たし.か, たし.かめる / カク, コウ
.
• a bird flying so high 隺 it’s sure it can’t be hit by a stone
石
• /one is certain to be remarked when blowing a horn 角 and playing
stone chimes
石
確 潔潔
潔
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
S:洁
undefiled, pure, clean, righteous, gallant
. / ケツ
いさぎよ.い
Mnemonics
• water
氵 with measured 絜 quality is clean and pure
• /speech of the sage 吉 confirms water 氵 is clean
潔 賛賛
賛
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
approve, praise, title or inscription on picture, assist, agree with
たす.ける,. たた.える / サン
Mnemonics
• two men 㚘 helping each other earning money
of their own ways
貝 , they approve
賛 質質
質
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
Mnemonics
S:质
substance, quality, matter, temperament
.
たち, ただ.す,
もと, わりふ / シツ, シチ, チ
• at the entrance of the city one’s materials are axed
control for quality and one has to pay taxes 貝 /贝
斤斤
to
質 敵敵
敵
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
S:敌
enemy, foe, opponent
.
かたき, あだ,
かな.う / テキ
Mnemonics
• hand knocking
攵 out enemies like stalks in the country side 啇
• /hand puling 攵 the tongue 舌 of the enemy
敵 導導
導
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
S:导
guidance, leading, conduct, usher
みちび.く ./ ドウ
Mnemonics
• RS. guide with the hand
寸 along the road 道 /guide someone
巳 with the hand 寸
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編編
編
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
Mnemonics
S:编
compilation, knit, plait, braid, twist, editing, completed poem, part
of a book .
あ.む, -あ.み / ヘン
• tablet
threads)
扁
with threads
糸
on top: ready to weave (compiling
編 暴暴
暴
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
A:㬥 曓 暴
outburst, rave, fret, force, violence, cruelty, outrage
.
あば.く, あば.れる
/ ボウ, バク
Mnemonics
• RS. the savage attack (two hands
廾 going out 出 ) of a buck
米 in clear daylight 日 : 㬥 → 暴
暴 衛衛
衛
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
Mnemonics
S:卫
defense, protection
/ エイ, エ.
• person walking 行 around something 韋 guarding it
• /image of a standing person waving his arm
衛 興興
興
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
Mnemonics
S:兴
entertain, revive, retrieve, interest, pleasure
おこ.る, おこ.す / コウ, キョウ
.
• RS. hands lifting 舁 together 同 : the group rises, thrives and is
prosperous
• /modf.
興→兴
興 築築
築
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
Mnemonics
S:筑
fabricate, build, construct
きず.く / .チク
• something strong
building
巩 built
from wood
木 and bamboo 竹 :
a
築 燃燃
燃
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
burn, blaze,
. glow
も.える, も.やす, も.す / ネン
Mnemonics
• certainly
然 burns in the fire 火
燃 輸輸
輸
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
S:输
transport, .send, be inferior
/ ユ, シュ
Mnemonics
• consenting
俞 to be moved be car 車
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講講
講
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
S:讲
lecture, club, association
.
/ コウ
Mnemonics
• weaved
冓 words 言
• /words 讠 poking holes 井 in an argument
講 謝謝
謝
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
S:谢
apologize, .thank, refuse
あやま.る / シャ
Mnemonics
• words
言 /讠 being sent out 射 to somebody
謝 績績
績
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
S:绩
exploits, achievements,
unreeling cocoons
.
/ セキ
Mnemonics
• one’s duty
責 to spin the thread 糸 of the silk cocoons
績 額額
額
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
S:额
forehead, tablet, plaque, framed picture, sum, amount, volume
.
ひたい / ガク
Mnemonics
• what can be found on the head 頁 of guests 客 or used to recognise guests; there’s a fixed amount of heads
頁 per guest 客
額 織織
織
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
S:织
weave, fabric
. おり, -おり, -お.り / ショク, シキ
お.る, お.り,
Mnemonics
• sound of the loom (like a spear)
戠 going up and down weaving
thread 糸 /person 只 weaving threads 纟
織 職職
職
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
S:职
post, employment, work
/ ショク, .ソク
Mnemonics
• hearing
耳 the potter 戠 work from a distance:
• /hear 耳 the mouth 只 of the professional
profession
職 識
識識
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
Mnemonics
S:识
discriminating, know, write
し.る, しる.す / シキ
. swordsman handles his sword 戈 without saying a word
• the master
言 nor uttering a sound 音
• /only 只 words 讠 allow us to know what others know
• a person who has gathered 戠 a lot of words 言 knows a lot
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護護
護
Kanjidic
Pronounciation
Mnemonics
S:护
safeguard, protect
まも.る / ゴ
.
• (hand holding an) owl
defense
• /hand
蒦 and words 言 used for protection and
扌 keeping the door 户 shut in defense
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2 SKIP-index
1-1-4
•
•
旧: 2
1-1-7
•
1-2-2
•
•
•
•
比: 1
仏: 1
件: 3
仮: 3
任: 4
1-2-5
•
似: 5
価: 6
保: 9
•
•
個: 10
俵: 12
修: 11
1-2-10
•
備: 18
1-2-12
•
像: 22
•
刊: 2
犯: 2
1-3-4
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
均: 4
技: 4
状: 5
防: 5
快: 4
混: 13
接: 14
授: 14
張: 15
婦: 15
情: 14
採: 14
術: 14
液: 12
険: 13
提: 17
減: 16
測: 17
復: 18
損: 20
1-3-11
•
•
•
•
境: 21
徳: 23
慣: 21
際: 21
増: 23
演: 21
1-3-12
•
潔: 24
1-3-13
•
衛: 25
1-4-4
河: 6
往: 6
招: 7
•
•
•
版: 8
•
•
祖: 9
1-4-6
•
•
桜: 11
格: 10
1-4-7
•
•
•
•
規: 13
現: 13
•
検: 16
1-4-9
•
預: 21
•
•
•
構: 21
•
•
•
•
Kanji mnemonics for kentei6
•
判: 5
故: 8
政: 9
•
破: 11
•
•
•
•
略: 16
眼: 12
務: 15
移: 12
•
•
•
税: 17
程: 17
•
領: 24
複: 23
1-5-10
•
編: 25
績: 26
職: 26
織: 26
•
•
則: 9
•
1-6-2
•
28
輸: 25
識: 26
1-7-13
•
•
•
護: 27
•
財: 10
報: 18
鉱: 19
幹: 19
飼: 20
銭: 22
銅: 23
額: 26
敵: 24
2-1-4
•
•
解: 19
群: 19
富: 18
•
•
•
夢: 21
義: 19
墓: 20
2-4-4
•
易: 6
2-4-5
•
査: 9
•
素: 11
•
責: 14
2-4-11
暴: 25
妻: 6
2-5-5
支: 1
•
留: 12
2-5-6
•
弁: 2
常: 14
2-5-7
•
余: 5
•
•
舎: 7
•
2-2-9
•
•
•
2-2-6
•
寄: 13
2-5-3
2-2-5
評: 18
証: 16
•
•
示: 2
永: 1
2-2-3
•
•
益: 10
容: 12
2-4-7
2-2-2
断: 15
許: 13
設: 15
•
2-4-6
1-11-4
•
2-3-7
2-3-10
1-9-9
•
•
2-3-9
1-8-6
•
•
条: 5
災: 4
志: 4
2-3-8
1-8-5
•
舌: 3
2-3-4
•
謝: 26
講: 26
貧: 15
2-3-3
•
1-7-12
•
1-7-6
確: 24
•
•
1-7-5
1-5-9
•
•
酸: 22
1-7-10
•
1-7-4
1-5-7
•
精: 22
綿: 23
総: 22
雑: 22
1-7-3
•
•
1-8-4
1-7-2
1-5-6
•
絶: 17
統: 18
1-6-12
•
•
•
1-6-11
1-5-5
•
経: 13
1-6-9
1-5-4
•
非: 8
肥: 8
枝: 7
燃: 25
1-5-2
•
•
•
•
1-6-8
1-4-10
•
耕: 10
師: 11
能: 11
1-6-6
•
1-7-7
1-7-9
1-6-5
1-4-8
•
効: 6
制: 7
1-6-4
1-4-12
1-3-10
•
•
•
1-3-9
•
1-3-5
•
•
•
1-3-2
•
•
•
1-2-8
•
•
•
1-2-7
•
•
•
1-2-6
•
独: 9
限: 8
1-3-8
1-2-4
•
•
•
1-4-5
1-3-6
•
承: 7
性: 7
貿: 18
貸: 17
賀: 16
営: 16
2-5-8
率: 15
•
罪: 19
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2-6-2
•
2-8-5
券: 6
2-6-4
•
恩: 10
2-6-5
•
基: 12
•
資: 20
豊: 20
2-6-10
•
築: 25
禁: 19
2-8-6
•
•
製: 22
•
導: 24
2-14-2
質: 24
賛: 24
2-10-4
•
•
勢: 20
準: 20
•
態: 23
2-11-2
Kanji mnemonics for kentei6
•
興: 25
•
•
•
•
圧: 1
句: 2
布: 2
在: 3
•
厚: 8
•
29
•
•
因: 3
団: 3
3-3-4
•
•
•
述: 7
居: 6
•
•
応: 4
序: 5
迷: 10
退: 9
逆: 8
3-3-7
•
造: 11
適: 23
3-4-4
•
武: 8
4-3-1
•
久: 1
4-6-1
3-3-9
•
過: 16
3-3-11
3-3-6
3-3-3
•
3-3-5
•
3-2-7
3-2-3
•
可: 1
3-2-4
2-12-3
2-8-7
•
2-6-7
•
•
•
属: 17
•
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3
•
•
久: 1
•
4
•
•
•
支: 1
比: 1
仏: 1
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
圧: 1
永: 1
可: 1
刊: 2
旧: 2
句: 2
示: 2
犯: 2
布: 2
弁: 2
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
6
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
因: 3
仮: 3
件: 3
再: 3
在: 3
舌: 3
団: 3
任: 4
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
易: 6
往: 6
価: 6
河: 6
居: 6
券: 6
効: 6
妻: 6
枝: 7
舎: 7
述: 7
承: 7
招: 7
制: 7
性: 7
版: 8
肥: 8
非: 8
武: 8
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
応: 4
快: 4
技: 4
均: 4
災: 4
志: 4
似: 5
序: 5
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
逆: 8
限: 8
故: 8
厚: 8
査: 9
政: 9
祖: 9
則: 9
Kanji mnemonics for kentei6
退: 9
独: 9
保: 9
迷: 10
•
•
•
•
10
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
益: 10
恩: 10
格: 10
個: 10
耕: 10
財: 10
桜: 11
師: 11
修: 11
素: 11
造: 11
能: 11
破: 11
俵: 12
容: 12
留: 12
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
授: 14
術: 14
常: 14
情: 14
責: 14
接: 14
設: 15
断: 15
張: 15
貧: 15
婦: 15
務: 15
率: 15
略: 16
•
移: 12
液: 12
眼: 12
基: 12
寄: 13
規: 13
許: 13
経: 13
険: 13
現: 13
混: 13
採: 14
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
30
営: 16
過: 16
賀: 16
検: 16
減: 16
証: 16
税: 17
絶: 17
測: 17
属: 17
貸: 17
提: 17
程: 17
統: 18
備: 18
評: 18
富: 18
復: 18
報: 18
貿: 18
•
13
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
12
11
•
9
7
•
•
•
•
•
8
5
•
条: 5
状: 5
判: 5
防: 5
余: 5
•
•
•
•
解: 19
幹: 19
義: 19
禁: 19
群: 19
鉱: 19
罪: 19
資: 20
飼: 20
準: 20
勢: 20
損: 20
墓: 20
豊: 20
夢: 21
預: 21
•
•
•
•
15
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
演: 21
慣: 21
境: 21
構: 21
際: 21
雑: 22
酸: 22
精: 22
製: 22
銭: 22
総: 22
像: 22
増: 23
態: 23
確: 24
潔: 24
賛: 24
質: 24
敵: 24
導: 24
編: 25
暴: 25
16
14
•
適: 23
銅: 23
徳: 23
複: 23
綿: 23
領: 24
•
•
衛: 25
興: 25
築: 25
燃: 25
輸: 25
17
•
•
•
講: 26
謝: 26
績: 26
18
•
額: 26
織: 26
職: 26
•
識: 26
•
護: 27
•
•
19
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4 Kanjidic Meaning-index
• abbreviation, omission,
shorten, capture, plunder:
16
outline,
略:
• ability, talent, skill, capacity:
11
能:
• accustomed, get used to, become experienced:
慣: 21
• acid, bitterness, sour, tart:
22
酸:
承: 7
件: 3
再: 3
祖: 9
謝: 26
• again, twice, second time:
• ancestor, pioneer, founder:
• apologize, thank, refuse:
• apply, answer, yes, OK, reply, accept:
応: 4
• approve, praise, title or inscription on
picture, assist, agree with:
24
賛:
• art, technique, skill, means, trick, resources, magic:
術: 14
• article, clause, item, stripe, streak:
条: 5
• assets, resources, capital, funds,
data, be conducive to, contribute to:
資: 20
• assurance, firm, tight, hard, solid,
confirm, clear, evident:
確: 24
• astray, be perplexed, in doubt, lost,
err, illusion:
迷: 10
態: 23
• bag, bale, sack, counter for bags:
俵: 12
• becoming, resemble, counterfeit, imitate, suitable:
似: 5
• belong, genus, subordinate official,
affiliated:
属: 17
益: 10
境: 21
豊: 20
• boundary, border, region:
• branch, support, sustain, branch rad-
支: 1
仏: 1
• Buddha, the dead, France:
燃: 25
• burn, blaze, glow:
• can, passable, mustn’t, should not,
do not:
可: 1
• cause, factor, be associated with, depend on, be limited to:
因: 3
• cheerful, pleasant, agreeable, comfortable:
快: 4
• cherry:
桜: 11
銭: 22
• coin, .01 yen, money:
• compare,
比: 1
race,
ratio,
Philipines:
• compilation, knit, plait, braid, twist,
editing, completed poem, part of a
book:
編: 25
• congratulations, joy:
• contain, form, looks:
• copper:
賀: 16
容: 12
銅: 23
舎: 7
• cotton:
gain,
profit,
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advantage:
災: 4
• discipline,
conduct
oneself
修: 11
study, master:
well,
• discontinue, beyond, sever, cut off,
絶:
abstain, interrupt, suppress:
17
識:
• discriminating, know, write:
26
• domesticate,
飼: 20
raise,
keep,
feed:
• draw near, stop in, bring near,
gather, collect, send, forward:
寄: 13
• dream, vision, illusion:
夢: 21
• duplicate, double, compound, multiple:
複: 23
• dwindle, decrease, reduce, decline,
curtail, get hungry:
減: 16
• easy, ready to, simple, fortunetelling, divination:
易: 6
犯: 2
• damage, loss, disadvantage, hurt, injure:
損: 20
• defense, protection:
• enemy, foe, opponent:
敵: 24
• entertain, revive, retrieve, interest,
pleasure:
興: 25
• equip, provision, preparation:
18
• establishment,
設: 15
provision,
• eternity, long, lengthy:
• evaluate,
評: 18
criticism,
• examination, investigate:
• create, make, structure, physique:
• crime, sin, offense:
素: 11
ered:
衛: 25
• deposit, custody, leave with, entrust
to:
預: 21
• detain, fasten, halt, stop:
留: 12
備:
prepare:
永: 1
comment:
• evidence, proof, certificate:
16
綿: 23
31
• disaster, calamity, woe, curse, evil:
• elementary, principle, naked, uncov-
造: 11
• beckon, invite, summon, engage:
招: 7
• benefit,
• bough, branch, twig, limb, counter
for branches:
枝: 7
• cottage, inn, hut, house, mansion:
• attitude, condition, figure, appearance, voice (of verbs):
責:
• blame, condemn, censure:
14
ical (no. 65):
• affair, case, matter, item:
徳: 23
manding respect:
• bountiful, excellent, rich:
• acquiesce, hear, listen to, be informed, receive:
• benevolence, virtue, goodness, com-
証:
検: 16
• exist, outskirts, suburbs, located in:
在: 3
• expert, teacher, master, model, exemplar, army (incl. counter), war:
師: 11
• exploits, achievements, unreeling cocoons:
績: 26
• extent, degree, law, formula, distance, limits, amount:
程: 17
• eyeball:
眼: 12
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築:
• fabricate, build, construct:
25
• journey, travel, chase away, let go,
going, before, formerly:
往: 6
• fathom, plan, scheme, measure:
測: 17
• judgement, signature, stamp, seal:
判: 5
• feelings, emotion, passion, sympa-
• jurisdiction, dominion, territory, fief,
reign:
領: 24
情:
thy, circumstances, facts:
14
• fertilizer, get fat, fertile, manure,
pamper:
肥: 8
• flock, group, crowd, herd, swarm,
群: 19
cluster:
• fluid, liquid, juice, sap, secretion:
液: 12
• forces, energy, military strength:
勢: 20
• forehead, tablet, plaque, framed picture, sum, amount, volume:
額:
26
• fundamentals,
radical
(chem),
counter for machines, foundation:
基: 12
総:
• general, whole, all, full, total:
22
• lecture, club, association:
• lend:
貸: 17
• lengthen, counter for bows &
stringed instruments, stretch, spread,
put up (tent):
張: 15
• level, average:
均: 4
• limit, restrict, to best of ability:
限: 8
• linen,
布: 2
cloth,
spread,
• long time, old story:
distribute:
久: 1
製: 22
mention, state, speak, relate: 述:
• made in..., manufacture:
•
• grace, kindness, goodness, favor,
mercy, blessing, benefit:
恩: 10
婦: 15
講: 26
• lady, woman, wife, bride:
7
• grave, tomb:
• merit, efficacy, efficiency, benefit:
効: 6
•
• mineral, ore:
墓: 20
group, association:
団: 3
• guidance, leading, conduct, usher:
導: 24
•
•
• guilt, sin, crime, fault, blame, offense:
罪: 19
• happenstance, especially, intentionally, reason, cause, circumstances,
the late, therefore, consequently:
故: 8
鉱: 19
miscellaneous:
雑: 22
mix, blend, confuse:
混: 13
• occasion, side, edge, verge, dangerous, adventurous, indecent, time,
when:
際: 21
• occupation, camp, perform, build,
conduct (business):
営: 16
confer:
• old times, old things, old friend, former, ex-:
旧: 2
• increase, add, augment, gain, pro-
• outburst, rave, fret, force, violence,
cruelty, outrage:
暴: 25
• impart,
授: 14
mote:
instruct,
grant,
増: 23
• individual,
個: 10
counter
for
articles:
• intention, plan, resolve, aspire, motive, hopes, shilling:
志: 4
• inverted, reverse, opposite, wicked:
逆: 8
• investigate:
査: 9
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• overall, relationship, ruling, governing:
統: 18
• overdo, exceed, go beyond, error:
過: 16
• performance, act, play, render, stage:
演: 21
• permit, approve:
32
許: 13
• phrase, clause, sentence, passage,
paragraph, counter for haiku:
2
句:
採: 14
• pick, take, fetch, take up:
政: 9
post, employment, work:
職: 26
posture, build, pretend:
構: 21
poverty, poor:
貧: 15
• politics, government:
•
•
•
• precipitous, inaccessible place, impregnable position, steep place, sharp
eyes:
険: 13
• preface, beginning, order, precedence, occasion, chance, incidentally:
序: 5
• present, existing, actual:
現: 13
• pressure, push, overwhelm, oppress,
dominate:
圧: 1
• printing block, printing plate, edition, impression, label:
版: 8
• prohibition, ban, forbid:
禁: 19
• property, money, wealth, assets:
財: 10
• propose, take along, carry in hand:
提: 17
• protect, guarantee, keep, preserve,
sustain, support:
保: 9
• publish, carve, engrave:
刊: 2
• ratio, rate, proportion, %, coefficient, factor:
率: 15
• refined, ghost, fairy, energy, vitality, semen, excellence, purity, skill:
精: 22
• rend, rip, tear, break, destroy, defeat,
frustrate:
破: 11
• report, news, reward, retribution:
報: 18
• reside, to be, exist, live with:
6
居:
• responsibility, duty, term, entrust to,
appoint:
任: 4
• restore, return to, revert, resume:
復: 18
• retreat, withdraw, retire, resign, repel, expel, reject:
退: 9
• righteousness,
justice,
honor, loyalty, meaning:
19
morality,
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• river:
河: 6
• rule, follow, based on, model after:
則: 9
• safeguard, protect:
護: 27
• semi-, correspond to, proportionate
• status quo, conditions, circumstances, form, appearance:
状:
5
• status, rank, capacity, character,
case (law, grammar):
格: 10
• substance, quality, matter, tempera-
準: 20
to, conform, imitate:
• severance, decline, refuse, apologize, warn, dismiss, prohibit, decision, judgement, cutting:
断:
15
性: 7
• sex, gender, nature:
• sham, temporary, interim, assumed
(name), informal:
仮: 3
• shift, move, change, drift, catch
(cold, fire), pass into:
移: 12
• show, indicate, point out, express,
display:
示: 2
ment:
質: 24
適: 23
• sutra, longitude, pass thru, expire,
warp:
経: 13
• system, law, rule:
• task, duties:
• tax, duty:
制: 7
務: 15
税: 17
• thick, heavy, rich, kind, cordial,
brazen, shameless:
厚: 8
• ticket:
耕: 10
tongue, reed, clapper:
舌: 3
• till, plow, cultivate:
• skill, art, craft, ability, feat, perfor-
• too much, myself, surplus, other, re-
技: 4
mance, vocation, arts:
• standard, measure:
規: 13
• statue, picture, image, figure, portrait:
像: 22
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mainder:
余: 5
• touch, contact, adjoin, piece together:
接: 14
• trade, exchange:
33
幹: 19
• tree trunk:
• un-, mistake, negative, injustice,
非: 8
non-:
潔: 24
lant:
• unravel, notes, key, explanation,
understanding, untie, undo, solve,
answer, cancel, absolve, explain,
解: 19
minute:
• usual,
常: 14
ordinary,
• value, price:
regular:
価: 6
弁: 2
• ward off, defend, protect, resist:
防: 5
• warrior,
武: 8
military,
chivalry,
• wealth, enrich, abundant:
• weave, fabric:
貿: 18
normal,
• valve, petal, braid, speech, dialect,
discrimination, dispose of, distinguish:
券: 6
• single, alone, spontaneously, Germany:
独: 9
•
輸:
• undefiled, pure, clean, righteous, gal-
• suitable, occasional, rare, qualified,
capable:
• transport, send, be inferior:
25
• wife, spouse:
arms:
富: 18
織: 26
妻: 6
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