A Kanji a Day

Designed to help our readers who are studying Japanese, “A Kanji a Day” is aimed at those who can already read hiragana and katakana. The different ways to read each character are given, along with the stroke order and sample sentences with English translations. The sample sentences are in Japanese with furigana showing the pronunciation of each kanji. We hope you will find it both enjoyable and useful.

2 Apr 2008 Better Know a Kanji! (2008-04-02)

It’s cherry blossom season! So we will introduce some springtime kanji as well as a few extras for “A Kanji a Day.”

1 Apr 2008 April 2008 Kanji
26 Mar 2008 Better Know a Kanji! (2008-03-26)

Continuing with our supplementary feature to “A Kanji A Day,” here is another common kanji radical.

19 Mar 2008 Better Know a Kanji! (2008-03-19)

Continuing with our supplementary feature to “A Kanji a Day,” here is another radical often used in kanji.

12 Mar 2008 Better Know a Kanji! (2008-03-12)

Continuing with our supplementary feature to “A Kanji a Day,” here are some more radicals that are often used in kanji.

5 Mar 2008 Better Know a Kanji! (2008-03-05)

Last week, we introduced several fundamental characters that are also important when used as hen radicals (which are usually on the left-hand side of a kanji character). Those...

1 Mar 2008 March 2008 Kanji
26 Feb 2008 Better Know a Kanji! (2008-02-26)

With the introduction of our new feature, “A Kanji a Day,” we thought it might be helpful to explain the parts (i.e., radicals) that comprise a kanji, and also some helpful study tips.

5 Feb 2008 February 2008 Kanji

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