丁丁 丁 化化 化 区区 区 反反 反 予予 予 央央 央 去去 去 丁 street, ward, town, counter for guns, tools, leaves or cakes of something, even number, 4th calendar sign ひのと / チ

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1 1 Introduction Kanji are ordered by frequency This file uses information from several sources 11 Meanings, Japanese pronounciations, frequency and grade of kanji are extracted from Information about can be found here: jwb/kanjidichtml 12 SKIP The SKIP (System of Kanji Indexing by Patterns) system for ordering kanji was developed by Jack Halpern (Kanji Dictionary Publishing Society at and is used with his permission 13 Unihan Database Meanings and Chinese pronounciations come from the Unihan Database: 14 The mnemonics have been developped by Reinaert Albrecht This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial- ShareAlike 30 Unported License that have RS in front of them derive from Chinese Etymology ( by Richard Sears and are used with kind permission that have lit in front of them derive from Shuowen Jiezi ( 15 Kanjicafe Stroke order diagrams have been developped at Kanjicafe ( 16 Hanazono font The information section uses the Hanazono font ( by kind permission of Koichi Kamichi) 17 Kanji Stroke Order Font The font used in the stroke order character is Copyright (C) Ulrich Apel, the AAAA project and the Wadoku project All rights reserved Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met: 1 Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer 2 Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution 3 Neither the name of the author may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific prior written permission THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE

2 丁丁 丁 化化 化 区区 区 反反 反 予予 予 央央 央 去去 去 丁 street, ward, town, counter for guns, tools, leaves or cakes of something, even number, 4th calendar sign ひのと / チョウ, テイ, チン, トウ, チ robust and vigorous male figure 丁 ; he guards the streets 化 区 (intersection of two streets 一 丁 ) of the town 4th heavenly stem change, take the form of, influence, enchant, delude, -ization ば ける, ば かす, ふ ける, け する / カ, ケ person 亻 bent like a spoon 𠤎 changes form; form of a person changing 亻 𠤎 ward, district / ク, オウ, コウ part of a map 匚 marked with a cross X: the target area/district/region/ward 反 予 央 去 anti- そ る, そ らす, かえ す, かえ る, -かえ る / ハン, ホン, タン, ホ hand 又 using a cliff 厂 to defend against an opposite army, reversing their attack beforehand, previous, myself, I あらかじ め / ヨ, シャ go back and forth 龴 strongly 丁 : to give something to someone; the current place of the loom 龴 is also the previous place: just like myself, I am always the same wherever I go, previously or now center, middle / オウ RS man 大 carrying a big load 冂 on a pole 一 which he has to balance so he s in the middle; after he s finished he begs for water; con: balance gone, past, quit, leave, elapse, eliminate, divorce さ る, -さ る / キョ, コ a man 土 leaving secretly 厶 Kanji mnemonics for kentei8 1

3 号号 号 皿皿 皿 仕仕 仕 写写 写 主主 主 申申 申 世世 世 他他 号 皿 nickname, number, item, title, pseudonym, name, call さけ ぶ, よびな / ゴウ mouth 口 stops breathing 丂 in amazement at the sign in the sky dish, a helping, plate さら / ベイ bowl held by two hands 皿 仕 寫 主 attend, doing, official, serve つか える / シ, ジ person 亻 educated professionally 士 : official attending his duties S: 写 copy, be photographed, describe うつ す, うつ る, うつ-, うつ し / シャ, ジャ see 写 A: 龶 lord, chief, master, main thing, principal ぬし, おも, あるじ / シュ, ス, シュウ oil lamp made of clay 土 which the leader holds: 主 申 have the honor to, sign of the monkey, 3-5PM, ninth sign of Chinese zodiac もう す, もう し-, さる / シン 申 : two hands 𦥑 holding a staff : person who traveled a long way to report, ask something of his superior 世 他 A: 卅 generation, world, society, public よ, さんじゅう / セイ, セ, ソウ lit thirty 十十十 卅 世 : the average lifespan: one generation other, another, the others ほか / タ a full grown person 亻 can t live in the womb 也 ; he 亻 or she 也 Kanji mnemonics for kentei8 2

4 他 打打 打 代代 代 皮皮 皮 氷氷 氷 平平 平 由由 由 礼礼 打 strike, hit, knock, pound, dozen う つ, う ち-, ぶ つ / ダ, ダアス the hand 扌 of a robust man 丁 can fight and strike well 代 substitute, change, convert, replace, period, age, counter for decades of ages, eras, etc, generation, charge, rate, fee か わる, かわ る, かわ り, か わり, -がわ り, -が わり, か える, よ, しろ / ダイ, タイ 皮 man 亻 stabbed down by a spear 弋 : he must be replaced era: time when men 亻 hold spears 弋 con: soldier A: 𥬖𠰎 pelt, skin, hide, leather, skin radical (no 107) かわ / ヒ 氷 平 由 礼 RS hand 又 with a rock stripping the skin (protection) 厂 from an animal A: 冫 仌 icicle, ice, hail, freeze, congeal こおり, ひ, こお る / ヒョウ water 水 grown into icicles 丶 con: fixed even, flat, peace たい ら, -だいら, ひら, ひら- / ヘイ, ビョウ, ヒョウ peaceful work 干 sowing seeds 丶丶干 in level fields in the flat countryside; con: countryside wherefore, a reason よし, よ る / ユ, ユウ, ユイ RS young plant sprouting from a field 田 : source and cause of happyness for the farmer con: something coming out of something salute, bow, ceremony, thanks, remuneration / レイ, ライ mysterious 乚 customs at the altar 礻 : non-initiated have no idea what happens; bend before the altar 礻 : bow Kanji mnemonics for kentei8 3

5 礼 安安 安 曲曲 曲 血血 血 向向 向 死死 死 次次 次 式式 式 安 曲 relax, cheap, low, quiet, rested, contented, peaceful やす い, やす まる, やす, やす らか / アン lit result of woman 女 staying at home 宀 bend, music, melody, composition, pleasure, injustice, fault, curve, crooked, perverse, lean ま がる, ま げる, くま / キョク bent object 曲 ; bended truth 血 向 blood ち / ケツ lit bowl 皿 of blood 丶 from the slaughtered animal offered to the gods yonder, facing, beyond, confront, defy, tend toward, approach む く, む い, -む き, む ける, -む け, む かう, む かい, む こう, む こう-, むこ, むか い / コウ RS window 口 in a house 宀 facing a certain direction 死 次 式 death, die し ぬ, し に- / シ dead body 歹 of a man 匕 next, order, sequence つ ぐ, つぎ / ジ, シ men with open mouth 欠 having run a marathon in urgent need of refreshment 冫 : they arrive in a certain order; one is second 冫 : there s always a next one style, ceremony, rite, function, method, system, form, expression / シキ those not working 工 according to the prescribed rules, style and formulas will be arrested 弋 ; a ceremony is conducted strictly according to certain rules Kanji mnemonics for kentei8 4

6 守守 守 州州 州 全全 全 有有 有 羊羊 羊 両両 両 列列 列 医医 守 州 全 有 羊 guard, protect, defend, obey まも る, まも り, もり, -もり, かみ / シュ, ス hand holding something 寸 to defend, protect and guard the house 宀 A: 𠄓𠃕𠛏𣧓 state, province す / シュウ, ス islands 丶 in water 川 : places where people live whole, entire, all, complete, fulfill まった く, すべ て / ゼン the king 王 rules and possesses everything in his house 𠆢 possess, have, exist, happen, occur, approx あ る / ユウ, ウ hand 𠂇 holding something for months 月 or hand 𠂇 holding something close to the body : one possesses it A: 𠁥 sheep ひつじ / ヨウ horns of a sheep 羊 ; 𠁥 両 A: 两兩 both, old Japanese coin, counter for carriages (eg, in a train), two てる, ふたつ / リョウ scale or yolk for oxen: 両 or 兩 or 两 列 醫 file, row, rank, tier, column / レツ, レ kill 歹 an animal with a knife 刂 and RS lay out the pieces of cut meat S: 医 doctor, medicine い やす, い する, くすし / イ person storing needles 矢 in a box 匚 ready for use and alcohol 酉 for treating wounds from weapons 殳 Kanji mnemonics for kentei8 5

7 医 究究 究 局局 局 君君 君 決決 決 坂坂 坂 住住 住 助助 究 局 君 決 坂 住 助 research, study きわ める / キュウ, ク one has to dig many 九 holes 穴 to get to the bottom of something bureau, board, office, affair, conclusion, court lady, lady-in-waiting, her apartment つぼね / キョク everybody working at an office should do what the boss says 口 and abide by his rules 尺 ; only the boss s conclusion counts; a court lady should ask 口 before she s allowed to move a foot 尺 mister, you, ruler, male name suffix きみ, -ぎみ / クン he governs 尹 and speaks 口 justice; I revere you oh majesty; generally sovereigns are old men S: 决 decide, fix, agree upon, appoint き める, -ぎ め, き まる, さ く / ケツ RS spit (water) 氵 coming from a man s mouth who has decided 夬 /fixed 冫 decision 夬 slope, incline, hill さか / ハン place 土 used to reverse 反 an attack dwell, reside, live, inhabit す む, す まう, -ず まい / ジュウ, ヂュウ, チュウ where a man 亻 can quietly put down his lamp 主 and stay help, rescue, assist たす ける, たす かる, す ける, すけ / ジョ using one s force 力 to help move the table 且 ; the table 且 is not on level ground in 助 so it is more difficult Kanji mnemonics for kentei8 6

8 助 身身 身 対対 対 投投 投 豆豆 豆 返返 返 役役 役 委委 委 身 somebody, person, one s station in life み / シン standing bear with a fat body 身 対 vis-a-vis, opposite, even, equal, versus, anti-, compare あいて, こた える, そろ い, つれあ い, なら ぶ, むか う / タイ, ツイ 投 豆 3 cm 寸 of literature 文 might containing wildly opposing views or be entirely self correct throw, discard, abandon, launch into, join, invest in, hurl, give up, sell at a loss な げる, -な げ / トウ hand 扌 throwing a weapon 殳 A: 𣅣𣅋𤽋荳 beans, pea, midget まめ, まめ- / トウ, ズ steamer with a lid 豆 : used for cooking beans 返 役 委 return, answer, fade, repay かえ す, -かえ す, かえ る, -かえ る / ヘン move in reverse 反 direction A: 𠈧 duty, war, campaign, drafted labor, office, service, role / ヤク, エキ in military service one serves one s duty by walking 彳 a lot and using one s weapon 殳 committee, entrust to, leave to, devote, discard ゆだ ねる / イ RS woman 女 harvesting grain 禾 : she has been appointed and entrusted this work Kanji mnemonics for kentei8 7

9 育育 育 泳泳 泳 岸岸 岸 苦苦 苦 具具 具 幸幸 幸 使使 使 育 泳 岸 苦 具 幸 使 bring up, grow up, raise, rear そだ つ, そだ ち, そだ てる, はぐく む / イク RS child born 𠫓 from the body of it s mother swim およ ぐ / エイ man swimming 永 in water 氵 A: 屵 beach きし / ガン place on the side 厂 below the mountain 山 where one can find the seeds 干 (pebbles) of the river suffering, trial, worry, hardship, feel bitter, scowl くる しい, -ぐる しい, くる しむ, くる しめる, にが い, にが る / ク when one is old 古 and buried under the grass 艹 one has suffered many a bitter hardship tool, utensil, means, possess, ingredients, counter for armor, suits, sets of furniture そな える, つぶさ に / グ a tool 一 inserted into a seashell 貝 to open it A: 㚔 happiness, blessing, fortune さいわ い, さち, しあわ せ / コウ person standing 立 in the fields 土 using his pitchfork 𢆉 to gather the harvest: he s a happy man with good fortune 大 murder above 屰 dead man: 㚔 murderer use, send on a mission, order, messenger, envoy, ambassador, cause つか う, つか い, -つか い, -づか い / シ official government 吏 person 亻 on a mission: he carries orders and is used to transfer messages Kanji mnemonics for kentei8 8

10 始始 始 事事 事 実実 実 者者 者 取取 取 受受 受 所所 所 始 事 A: 𠃭乨兘𠙉 commence, begin はじ める, -はじ める, はじ まる / シ every individual 厶 person 口 begins his life in his mother 女 matter, thing, fact, business, reason, possibly こと, つか う, つか える / ジ, ズ RS hand planting a plant 十 on order 口 : 事 實 者 取 受 所 S: 实 A: 実 reality, truth み, みの る, まこと, まことに, みの, みち る / ジツ, シツ From building 宀 and remnant string of coins 头貫 : prosperous real /folded hands 𡗗 in the house 宀 : honest and sincere people: 実 实 someone, person もの / シャ person working on the fields 耂 every day 日 ; he who does that leads a good life RS the sound of 曰 a burning bush 耂 take, fetch, take up と る, と り, と り-, とり, -ど り / シュ hand 又 taking someone/something by the ear 耳 accept, undergo, answer (phone), take, get, catch, receive う ける, -う け, う かる / ジュ two hands 又 meeting across a wide 冖 distance, one receiving something from the other place ところ, -ところ, どころ, とこ / ショ ax 斤 protecting a door 戸 / 戶 Kanji mnemonics for kentei8 9

11 昔昔 昔 注注 注 定定 定 波波 波 板板 板 表表 表 服服 服 昔 注 定 波 板 表 服 A: 𦝙 once upon a time, antiquity, old times むかし / セキ, シャク something 龷 left to hang drying in the sun 日 𦝙 : adds meat 肉 pour, irrigate, shed (tears), flow into, concentrate on, notes, comment, annotate そそ ぐ, さ す, つ ぐ / チュウ mastering 主 water 氵 ; pouring fluid 氵 in the oil lamp 主 determine, fix, establish, decide さだ める, さだ まる, さだ か / テイ, ジョウ person standing upright 𤴓 in the house 宀 : he s finaly decided to fix his house waves, billows, Poland なみ / ハ water 氵 like wrinkling skin 皮 breaking at the cliff side 厂 plank, board, plate, stage いた / ハン, バン wood 木 in a form so it can be used as a defense against 反 something (cold, weather, attacks, ) surface, table, chart, diagram おもて, -おもて, あらわ す, あらわ れる, あら わす / ヒョウ RS cloths 𧘇 made of fur 毛 which are shown off showing cloths 𧘇 under the light 主 knowledge ready for displaying publicly is ordered in a table or diagram A: 𦨈 clothing, admit, obey, discharge / フク wrapped 𠬝 body : sick person in need of medicine Kanji mnemonics for kentei8 10

12 物物 物 放放 放 味味 味 命命 命 油油 油 和和 和 屋屋 屋 物 放 味 命 油 和 屋 thing, object, matter もの, もの- / ブツ, モツ cows 牛 and animals 勿 are the things dearest to a farmer set free, release, fire, shoot, emit, banish, liberate はな す, - っぱな し, はな つ, はな れる, こ く, ほう る / ホウ hit 攵 something towards a certain direction 方 : put/throw someone out of the door flavor, taste あじ, あじ わう / ミ smell of freshly opening buds 未 makes the one smile 口 ; when eaten 口 they are considered a tasteful delicacy fate, command, decree, destiny, life, appoint いのち / メイ, ミョウ fate commands 令 the mouth 口 of the fortuneteller oil, fat あぶら / ユ, ユウ watery 氵 substance sprouting from a field 由 : a well drilled into an oilfield harmony, Japanese style, peace, soften, Japan やわ らぐ, やわ らげる, なご む, なご やか / ワ, オ, カ countryside: where one can eat 口 one s rice 禾 in peace and harmony roof, house, shop, dealer, seller や / オク place where a person 尸 can arrive like an arrow in the ground 至 and rest 尸 in peace Kanji mnemonics for kentei8 11

13 界界 界 客客 客 急急 急 級級 級 係係 係 研研 研 県県 県 界 客 急 級 係 研 県 world / カイ boundaries lie between 介 fields 田 ; the world is many men separated 介 by fields 田 guest, visitor, customer, client / キャク, カク person 各 staying in your house 宀 A: 𢚩 hurry, emergency, sudden, steep いそ ぐ, いそ ぎ / キュウ running with open mouth and stressfully holding hand 彐 on the heart 心 S: 级 class, rank, grade / キュウ persons extending hands 及 to others in the same line 糸 : people from the same hierarchical rank, class, level S: 系 person in charge, connection, duty, concern oneself かか る, かかり, -がかり, かか わる / ケイ person 亻 pulling the strings 系 ; he connects everybody polish, study of, sharpen と ぐ / ケン 2 hands 开 rubbing something against a stone 石 : sharpening a knife with a whetstone; sharpening one s knowledge: study or research prefecture か ける / ケン head with an eye 目 of a hung person with hanging hair: 𥄉 県 : the county officials are merciless for burglars Kanji mnemonics for kentei8 12

14 指指 指 持持 持 拾拾 拾 重重 重 昭昭 昭 乗乗 乗 神神 神 指 持 拾 重 finger, point to, indicate, put into, play (chess), measure (ruler) ゆび, さ す, -さ し / シ part of the hand 扌 that serves a purpose 旨 : it brings food to the mouth 曰 hold, have も つ, -も ち, も てる / ジ the hand 扌 of the temple 寺 holds power and sustains all live around it pick up, gather, find, go on foot, ten ひろ う / シュウ, ジュウ RS pick up with the hand 扌 and combine 合 : collect heavy, heap up, pile up, nest of boxes, -fold え, おも い, おも り, おも なう, かさ ねる, かさ なる, おも / ジュウ, チョウ 昭 乗 神 man 𡈼 holding a 一 heavy bag full of dirt from the fields 田 shining, bright / ショウ the bright sunlight 日 commands 召 every living creature ride, power, multiplication, record, counter for vehicles, board, mount, join の る, -の り, の せる / ジョウ, ショウ modf 乘 乗 : two men climbing up a tree gods, mind, soul かみ, かん -, こう- / シン, ジン person with a staff in hand 申 kneeling at the altar 礻 for the gods Kanji mnemonics for kentei8 13

15 相相 相 送送 送 待待 待 炭炭 炭 柱柱 柱 追追 追 度度 度 相 送 待 炭 柱 追 度 inter-, mutual, together, each other, minister of state, councillor, aspect, phase, physiognomy あい- / ソウ, ショウ 目 and 木 have the same pronounciation (mu4 or モク ): they have mutual or reciprocal similarities A: 𨕼𨕩𨕪 escort, send おく る / ソウ send something to go over the frontier 关 wait, depend on ま つ, -ま ち / タイ if you have a problem with your left foot 彳 go to the temple 寺 and wait until you receive treatment charcoal, coal すみ / タン burned 火 wood cut from the side of the mountain 屵 pillar, post, cylinder, support はしら / チュウ wooden 木 post which supports the leader 主 during his quest chase, drive away, follow, pursue, meanwhile お う / ツイ go and recover stored goods 𠂤 : pursuing the burglar degrees, occurrence, time, counter for occurrences たび, -た い / ド, ト, タク hand 又 feeling the temperature of a pot 凵 with lid 一 in house 广 hand 又 checking things extensively 广 twenty 廿 times: systematically Kanji mnemonics for kentei8 14

16 畑畑 畑 発発 発 美美 美 秒秒 秒 品品 品 負負 負 面面 面 畑 farm, field, garden, one s specialty, (kokuji) はた, はたけ, -ばたけ / 發 美 秒 field 田 where fire 火 can burn (used as fertilizer) S: 发 A: 発 departure, discharge, publish, emit, start from, disclose, counter for gunshots た つ, あば く, おこ る, つか わす, はな つ / ハツ, ホツ RS the action of 殳 on a bow 弓 to make the arrow go forward 癶 : shoot /hand 又 holding a crossbow ready to shoot: 发 two hands 开 issuing or sending out a message carried by legs 癶 beauty, beautiful うつく しい / ビ, ミ big man 大 with a hair dress like the horns of a sheep second (1/60 minute) / ビョウ small 少 hairs on wheat 禾 : ; smallest time division 品 負 面 goods, refinement, dignity, article, counter for meal courses しな / ヒン, ホン articles and products are stored in many boxes 口 on top of each other 口口 ; these products are more refined than what they were made from S: 负 defeat, negative, -, minus, bear, owe, assume a responsibility ま ける, ま かす, お う / フ mouth blowing the seashell 貝 horn signalling the retreat: defeated army carrying it s wounded as a burden mask, face, features, surface おも, おもて, つら / メン, ベン lit: modf 𦣻 ; head 𦣻 with a mouth 口 Kanji mnemonics for kentei8 15

17 洋洋 洋 員員 員 院院 院 荷荷 荷 起起 起 宮宮 宮 庫庫 庫 根根 洋 員 院 荷 起 宮 庫 根 ocean, western style / ヨウ water 氵 with waves bent like the horns of a sheep 羊 ; western culture came from over the ocean S: 员 employee, member, number, the one in charge / イン personnel and staff members talk 口 to the clients and handle the money 貝 Inst, institution, temple, mansion, school / イン place in a building 宀 where abundant 阝 people 元 may stay 完 baggage, shoulder-pole load, bear (a burden), shoulder (a gun), load, cargo, freight に / カ plant 艹 carrying 何 flowers: it s most important load A: 𨑔𨑖𨑓𡆡 rouse, wake up, get up お きる, お こる, お こす, おこ す, た つ / キ done right before walking 走 by oneself 己 S: 宫 Shinto shrine, constellations, palace, princess みや / キュウ, グウ, ク, クウ house 宀 with several connected places 呂 S: 库 warehouse, storehouse くら / コ, ク spacious storehouse 广 housing the cart 車 of the merchant root, radical, head (pimple) ね, -ね / コン good 艮 and strong 艮 part of a tree 木 on which it is founded Kanji mnemonics for kentei8 16

18 根 酒酒 酒 消消 消 真真 真 息息 息 速速 速 庭庭 庭 島島 島 酒 消 真 息 速 庭 島 sake, alcohol さけ, さか- / シュ liquid 氵 stored in a wine bottle 酉 extinguish, blow out, turn off, neutralize, cancel き える, け す / ショウ water 氵 makes a body of fire vanish A: 眞 true, reality, Buddhist sect ま, ま-, まこと / シン see if a man 人 is straight 𥄂 pry open many 十 shells 具 to find out the truth RS something straight 直 put on a table 兀 to look at breath, respiration, son, interest (on money) いき / ソク breath is between the heart 心 and the nose 自 ; while resting one takes a breath A: 遬𧫷 quick, fast はや い, はや -, はや める, すみ やか / ソク to tie 束 your laces while walking you have to be quick; old: 遬𧫷 courtyard, garden, yard にわ / テイ extensive 广 court 廷 S: 岛 A: 㠀 island しま / トウ mountain 山 with birds 鳥 : 㠀 島 Kanji mnemonics for kentei8 17

19 配配 配 倍倍 倍 病病 病 勉勉 勉 流流 流 旅旅 旅 悪悪 悪 配 倍 病 勉 流 旅 悪 distribute, spouse, exile, rationing くば る / ハイ medicine distributed 己 from a jar 酉 matching the illness at hand double, twice, times, fold / バイ two persons 亻立 spitting out 咅 something ill, sick や む, -や み, やまい / ビョウ, ヘイ being sick 疒 one should keep warm near the hearth 丙 exertion, endeavour, encourage, strive, make effort, diligent つと める / ベン with huge strength 力 one can escape 免 from anything current, a sink, flow, forfeit なが れる, なが れ, なが す, -なが す / リュウ, ル flow like water 氵 in the river 川 or circulate like a child 𠫓 in the water 氵 of the womb A: 𣥏 trip, travel たび / リョ persons 亻𠤎𠂉 moving in a certain direction 方 person 亻 putting on clothes 𧘇 (he leaves certain things 丶 at home) preparing to go in a certain direction 方 bad, vice, rascal, false, evil, wrong わる い, わる-, あ し, にく い, -にく い, ああ, いずくに, いずくんぞ, にく む / アク, オ heart 心 below 亜 good things Kanji mnemonics for kentei8 18

20 球球 球 祭祭 祭 終終 終 習習 習 宿宿 宿 商商 商 章章 章 球 祭 終 習 宿 商 章 A: 毬 ball, sphere たま / キュウ the globe revolves around what the king 王 (hand 手 ) requests 求 ; the kings 王 sphere of influence is determined by who he can ask to 求 ritual, offer prayers, celebrate, deify, enshrine, worship まつ る, まつ り, まつり / サイ RS hand 又 putting meat on the altar 示 for the gods S: 终 A: 𠂂𣊂𤽘𣧩𠔾𢍐𣈩夂 end, finish お わる, -お わる, おわ る, お える, つい, つい に / シュウ walking on ice 冬 holding a line 糸 : it could mean your end S: 习 learn なら う, なら い / シュウ, ジュ practice to learn flying with feathers 羽 towards the sun 白 / 羽 习 inn, lodging, relay station, dwell, lodge, be pregnant, home, dwelling やど, やど る, やど す / シュク house 宀 where hundred 百 people 亻 can stay; a constellation is like a family 宀 with many 百 member 亻 stars A: 𠿧𠹧𡅟𠾃𡄚𧶜𡄚 make a deal, selling, dealing in, merchant あきな う / ショウ modf 𠹧 商 : big man 大 / 儿 standing 立 at the market 冂 selling with a loud mouth 口 badge, chapter, composition, poem, design / ショウ many 十 sounds or words 音 Kanji mnemonics for kentei8 19

21 深深 深 進進 進 族族 族 第第 第 帳帳 帳 笛笛 笛 転転 転 都都 深 進 族 第 帳 笛 転 A: 𣸧 deep, heighten, intensify, strengthen ふか い, -ぶか い, ふか まる, ふか める, み- / シン a deep 罙 hole with water 氵 at the bottom; old: 𣸧 S: 进 advance, proceed, progress, promote すす む, すす める / シン go as fast as a bird 隹 /go as fast as one falls down a mine shaft 井 tribe, family / ゾク RS flag 㫃 and arrow 矢 distinguishing a tribe No, residence / ダイ, テイ order of the mourned 弔 people carved 丿 on bamboo scrolls S: 帐 notebook, account book, album, curtain, veil, net, tent とばり / チョウ long 長 cloth 巾 ; also a long scroll notebook flute, clarinet, pipe, whistle, bagpipe, piccolo ふえ / テキ when bamboo is being blown into it causes 由 sound revolve, turn around, change ころ がる, ころ げる, ころ がす, ころ ぶ, まろ ぶ, うたた, うつ る, くる めく / テン 都 the wheel 車 speaks 云 (squeak) when it turns metropolis, capital みやこ / ト, ツ all the people 者 of the city 阝 elegantly dressed up Kanji mnemonics for kentei8 20

22 都 動動 動 部部 部 問問 問 飲飲 飲 運運 運 温温 温 開開 動 部 問 飲 運 溫 開 S: 动 move, motion, change, confusion, shift, shake うご く, うご かす / ドウ force 力 moving 重 something /force 力 provoking talk 云 : action, movement section, bureau, dept, class, copy, part, portion, counter for copies of a newspaper or magazine -べ / ブ area 阝 filled with standing people 咅 S: 问 A: 𠳅 question, ask, problem と う, と い, とん / モン guards asking 口 inquisitive questions at your gate 門 ; old: 𠳅 : distinguish 釆 the mouth 口 S: 饮 drink, smoke, take の む, -の み / イン, オン while eating 飠 a man 人 opens his mouth to swallow or drink: he lacks 欠 fluid or food S: 运 carry, luck, destiny, fate, lot, transport, progress, advance はこ ぶ / ウン army 軍 going in transport to meet it s destiny /speak 云 about what s coming S: 温 warm あたた か, あたた かい, あたた まる, あたた める, ぬく / オン give a prisoner 𥁕 warm soup 氵 /sun 日 heating liquid 氵 on a plate 皿 S: 开 open, unfold, unseal ひら く, ひら き, -びら き, ひら ける, あ く, あ ける / カイ two hands 开 pushing open the gate 門 Kanji mnemonics for kentei8 21

23 開 階階 階 寒寒 寒 期期 期 軽軽 軽 湖湖 湖 港港 港 階 寒 期 軽 湖 港 S: 阶 storey, stair, counter for storeys of a building きざはし / カイ part of the slope 阝 used by everyone 皆 when going to a different level /the slope 阝 that mediates 介 between two floors A: 𡫮𡫾 cold さむ い / カン RS building 宀 using straw 茻 井 ( 𡨄 ) to protect a man from the ice A: 𣅆 period, time, date, term / キ, ゴ a basket 其 of months 月 a bunch 丌 of days 日 : 𣅆 lightly, trifling, unimportant かる い, かろ やか, かろ んじる / ケイ it s easy to plow 圣 with the aid of a tractor 車 instead of doing it only by hand 圣 ; moving 土 by cart 車 instead of by hand 又 is lighter lake みずうみ / コ old (with many stories) 古 body 月 of water 氵 harbor みなと / コウ street 巷 along the sea 氵 Kanji mnemonics for kentei8 22

24 歯歯 歯 集集 集 暑暑 暑 勝勝 勝 植植 植 短短 短 着着 齒 集 暑 勝 植 短 着 S: 齿 A: 𠚕歯 tooth, cog よわい, は, よわ い, よわい する / シ stop 止 holes forming in RS a mouth full of teeth 𠚕 a dentist stops 止 rice 米 from entering holes 凵 in teeth white teeth like rice 米 stopping 止 things entering the mouth 凵 /stops 止 things entering 入 the mouth 凵 gather, meet, congregate, swarm, flock あつ まる, あつ める, つど う / シュウ RS birds 隹 gather in trees 木 sultry, hot, summer heat あつ い / ショ person working 者 under the heat of the sun 日 S: 胜 A: 𠢧𠅫𢾶 victory, win, prevail, excel か つ, -が ち, まさ る, すぐ れる, かつ / ショウ force 力 of a body that reaches heavenly heights 朕 forceful 力 body 月 lifting hands on winning body 月 with a certificate 券 /only a lively 生 body 月 can prevail over others plant う える, う わる / ショク vegetation 木 that grows vertical 直 short, brevity, fault, defect, weak point みじか い / タン time needed for an arrow 矢 to cross the distance of one bean 豆 : short don, arrive, wear, counter for suits of clothing き る, -ぎ, き せる, -き せ, つ く, つ ける / チャク, ジャク sheep arriving to be slaughtered (= take decisive action) to wear their fur and look 目 good Kanji mnemonics for kentei8 23

25 着 登登 登 湯湯 湯 等等 等 童童 童 悲悲 悲 筆筆 筆 遊遊 遊 登 湯 等 童 悲 筆 遊 A: 𤼷𤼪 ascend, climb up のぼ る, あ がる / トウ, ト, ドウ, ショウ, チョウ beans 豆 left to swell walk out 癶 their pot: rise S: 汤 hot water, bath, hot spring ゆ / トウ water 氵 expanding 昜 / 𠃓 by heating it and adding ingredients for soup etc, and so forth, class (first), quality, equal, similar ひと しい, など, -ら / トウ tho bamboo 竹 scrolls in the temple 寺 order everything according to rank, grade juvenile, child わらべ / ドウ children stand 立 next to the fields 里 : too young to work grieve, sad, deplore, regret かな しい, かな しむ / ヒ negative 非 heart 心 S: 笔 writing brush, writing, painting brush, handwriting ふで / ヒツ brush 聿 made from bamboo /brush made from hair 毛 and bamboo play あそ ぶ, あそ ばす / ユウ, ユ a ship swimming 斿 in the water going over long distances: wandering the seas; children swimming 斿 and running around: typical playful occupation during travel Kanji mnemonics for kentei8 24

26 葉葉 葉 陽陽 陽 落落 落 暗暗 暗 意意 意 感感 感 漢漢 漢 葉 陽 落 闇 意 感 漢 S: 叶 leaf, plane, lobe, needle, blade, spear, counter for flat things, fragment, piece は / ヨウ leaves 枼 made from vegetation 艹 ; contents of a leaf can be spread via many 十 mouths 口 S: 阳 sunshine, yang principle, positive, male, heaven, daytime ひ / ヨウ brightly 昜 lit slope 阝 /sunlit 日 slopes 阝 fall, drop, come down, village, hamlet お ちる, お ち, お とす / ラク a river 洛 drops over a steep cliff side which makes the water look stretched like grass 艹 : the droplets become far-spaced like villages in the countryside S: 暗 darkness, disappear, shade, informal, grow dark, be blinded くら い, くら む, くれ る / アン see 暗 idea, mind, heart, taste, thought, desire, care, liking / イ sound 音 from the mind 心 emotion, feeling, sensation / カン all 咸 feelings 心 S: 汉 Sino-, China / カン people 人 renowned for making pottery and ceramics in clay 堇 with water 氵 /people living near the Han-river 氵 with skilful hands 又 Kanji mnemonics for kentei8 25

27 業業 業 詩詩 詩 想想 想 鉄鉄 鉄 農農 農 福福 福 路路 路 業 詩 想 鉄 農 福 路 S: 业 A: 𤎸𤑽 business, vocation, arts, performance わざ / ギョウ, ゴウ sheep 羊 grazing from the luxuriant vegetation 菐 : a good trade /the sheep stand side by side 业 S: 诗 A: 訨 poem, poetry うた / シ spoken words 言 at the temple 寺 : most religious texts are written in verses old: 訨 : spoken words 言 which stop 止 now and then: verses concept, think, idea, thought おも う / ソウ, ソ when persons are mutually 相 in each others hearts 心, they think regularly of each other; thinking is related 相 to the mind 心 iron くろがね / テツ metal 金 firm and strong enough to survive being thrown down 失 S: 农 A: 䢉 agriculture, farmers / ノウ RS man handling a hoe 辰 and delivering animals with his hands 𦥑 : 䢉 農 /scarecrow on the fields 衣 with hanging arms: only to be seen in agricultural communities blessing, fortune, luck, wealth / フク offering a full jar 畐 on the altar 礻 for luck and happiness path, route, road, distance -じ, みち / ロ, ル place where everyone 各 may walk 𧾷 Kanji mnemonics for kentei8 26

28 駅駅 駅 銀銀 銀 鼻鼻 鼻 様様 様 緑緑 緑 練練 練 横横 横 駅 銀 鼻 様 緑 練 橫 station / エキ place where horses 馬 rest their feet 尺 S: 银 silver しろがね / ギン shine of metal 金 cutting in the eye 艮 nose, snout はな / ビ head 田 with a nose 自 held by two hands 廾 Esq, way, manner, situation, polite suffix さま, さん / ヨウ, ショウ modf 樣 様 ; the venerated old ruler has been there for a long time: he has dried up like a sheeps hide 樣 (sheep 羊 where all the water 水 has gone from) green みどり / リョク, ロク threads 糸 dyed with ink 录 S: 练 practice, gloss, train, drill, polish, refine ね る, ね り / レン practising 東 / 东 tai chi lines 糸 / 纟 in the morning outside/practising writing lines 糸 to write a letter 柬 S: 横 sideways, side, horizontal, width, woof, unreasonable, perverse よこ / オウ yellow 黃 / 黄 part of the tree 木 is only visible when it is cut across/transverse; horizontal wooden 木 stick for holding the cooking pot 黃 / 黄 ; trees 木 stand at the side of the field 黃 / 黄 Kanji mnemonics for kentei8 27

29 談談 談 調調 調 箱箱 箱 館館 館 橋橋 橋 整整 整 薬薬 薬 談 調 箱 館 橋 整 薬 S: 谈 discuss, talk / ダン fiery 炎 words 言 S: 调 tune, tone, meter, key (music), writing style, prepare, exorcise, investigate しら べる, しら べ, ととの う, ととの える / チョウ circling 周 words 言 blending and mixing, changing tone all the time transferring certain ideas; circling 周 around something retrieving words 言 : investigate box, chest, case, bin, railway car はこ / ソウ bamboo box to store related 相 things S: 馆 building, mansion, large building, palace やかた, たて / カン place where officials 官 allow you to eat 飠 S: 桥 bridge はし / キョウ wooden 木 structure, higher 喬 than the surroundings organize, arranging, tune, tone, meter, key (music) ととの える, ととの う / セイ RS imperial decrees 敕 order society so that everything is right 正 medicine, chemical, enamel, gunpowder, benefit くすり / ヤク herbs 艹 used for fun 楽 or to become happy 楽 Kanji mnemonics for kentei8 28

30 題題 題 S: 题 topic, subject / ダイ exactly 是 what the many pages 頁 of the book are about part of the head 頁 clearly seen in broad daylight 是 題 Kanji mnemonics for kentei8 29

31 2 SKIP-index 根 : 面 : 15 宿 : 19 化 : 1 流 : 軽 : 22 負 : 氷 : 3 仕 : 2 他 : 2 代 : 州 : 5 次 : 住 : 使 : 係 : 倍 : 打 : 役 : 7 決 : 6 投 : 7 坂 : 始 : 9 油 : 11 注 : 10 味 : 11 泳 : 8 波 : 指 : 13 持 : 13 待 : 14 洋 : 16 院 : 16 酒 : 17 消 : 帳 : 20 深 : 温 : 21 階 : 22 湯 : 24 陽 : 25 港 : 22 湖 : 漢 : 礼 : 列 : 対 : 所 : 9 放 : 11 板 : 10 服 : 10 物 : 昭 : 13 神 : 13 相 : 14 柱 : 14 畑 : 球 : 19 族 : 植 : 23 勝 : 福 : 26 暗 : 様 : 横 : 橋 : 助 : 和 : 研 : 12 秒 : 短 : 取 : 級 : 終 : 練 : 27 緑 : 配 : 詩 : 26 路 : 調 : 28 談 : 都 : 20 部 : 飲 : 21 期 : 鉄 : 銀 : 館 : 動 : 駅 : 主 : 豆 : 予 : 写 : 全 : 命 : 11 育 : 8 急 : 真 : 章 : 19 商 : 童 : 意 : 号 : 2 去 : 守 : 5 安 : 4 羊 : 究 : 実 : 9 岸 : 8 苦 : 8 幸 : 8 定 : 客 : 12 美 : 15 品 : 15 炭 : 荷 : 16 員 : 16 宮 : 16 葉 : 25 寒 : 22 落 : 薬 : 昔 : 10 受 : 9 表 : 暑 : 23 歯 : 委 : 7 具 : 発 : 15 界 : 登 : 業 : 県 : 息 : 笛 : 20 祭 : 19 第 : 20 習 : 筆 : 24 等 : 農 : 拾 : 13 旅 : 18 転 : 鼻 : 27 Kanji mnemonics for kentei8 30

32 2-6-9 反 : 1 度 : 死 : 4 箱 : 悪 : 集 : 23 悲 : 感 : 25 想 : 整 : 有 : 医 : 皮 : 向 : 4 式 : 局 : 6 返 : 屋 : 11 送 : 速 : 17 庭 : 17 庫 : 進 : 運 : 21 遊 : 者 : 病 : 起 : 16 島 : 着 : 勉 : 問 : 題 : 丁 : 平 : 3 皿 : 世 : 2 由 : 申 : 央 : 1 両 : 血 : 4 曲 : 身 : 事 : 重 : 区 : 1 追 : 14 君 : 6 開 : 乗 : 13 Kanji mnemonics for kentei8 31

33 3 Stroke-index 2 羊 : 5 定 : 10 美 : 15 深 : 20 葉 : 丁 : 1 化 : 1 区 : 1 反 : 1 予 : 1 央 : 1 去 : 1 号 : 2 皿 : 2 仕 : 2 写 : 2 主 : 2 申 : 2 世 : 2 他 : 2 打 : 3 代 : 3 皮 : 3 氷 : 3 平 : 3 由 : 3 礼 : 3 安 : 4 曲 : 4 血 : 4 向 : 4 死 : 4 次 : 4 式 : 両 : 5 列 : 5 医 : 5 究 : 6 局 : 6 君 : 6 決 : 6 坂 : 6 住 : 6 助 : 6 身 : 7 対 : 7 投 : 7 豆 : 7 返 : 7 役 : 7 委 : 7 育 : 8 泳 : 8 岸 : 8 苦 : 8 具 : 8 幸 : 8 使 : 8 始 : 9 事 : 9 実 : 9 者 : 9 取 : 9 9 波 : 10 板 : 10 表 : 10 服 : 10 物 : 11 放 : 11 味 : 11 命 : 11 油 : 11 和 : 11 屋 : 11 界 : 12 客 : 12 急 : 12 級 : 12 係 : 12 研 : 12 県 : 12 指 : 13 持 : 13 拾 : 13 重 : 13 昭 : 13 乗 : 13 神 : 13 相 : 14 送 : 14 待 : 14 炭 : 14 柱 : 14 秒 : 15 品 : 15 負 : 15 面 : 15 洋 : 員 : 16 院 : 16 荷 : 16 起 : 16 宮 : 16 庫 : 16 根 : 16 酒 : 17 消 : 17 真 : 17 息 : 17 速 : 17 庭 : 17 島 : 17 配 : 18 倍 : 18 病 : 18 勉 : 18 流 : 18 旅 : 悪 : 18 球 : 19 祭 : 19 終 : 19 進 : 20 族 : 20 第 : 20 帳 : 20 笛 : 20 転 : 20 都 : 20 動 : 21 部 : 21 問 : 飲 : 21 運 : 21 温 : 21 開 : 21 階 : 22 寒 : 22 期 : 22 軽 : 22 湖 : 22 港 : 22 歯 : 23 集 : 23 暑 : 23 勝 : 23 植 : 23 短 : 23 着 : 23 登 : 24 湯 : 24 等 : 24 陽 : 25 落 : 暗 : 25 意 : 25 感 : 25 漢 : 25 業 : 26 詩 : 26 想 : 26 鉄 : 26 農 : 26 福 : 26 路 : 駅 : 27 銀 : 27 鼻 : 27 様 : 27 緑 : 27 練 : 横 : 27 談 : 28 調 : 28 箱 : 館 : 28 橋 : 28 守 : 5 受 : 9 追 : 14 習 : 19 童 : 24 整 : 28 州 : 5 所 : 9 度 : 14 宿 : 19 悲 : 24 薬 : 28 全 : 5 昔 : 10 畑 : 15 商 : 19 筆 : 有 : 5 注 : 10 発 : 15 章 : 19 遊 : 24 題 : 29 Kanji mnemonics for kentei8 32

34 4 Meaning-index accept, undergo, answer (phone), take, get, catch, receive: 受 : 9 advance, proceed, progress, promote: 進 : 20 agriculture, farmers: 農 : 26 anti-: 反 : 1 ascend, climb up: 登 : 24 attend, doing, official, serve: 仕 : 2 bad, vice, rascal, false, evil, wrong: 悪 : 18 badge, chapter, composition, poem, design: 章 : 19 baggage, shoulder-pole load, bear (a burden), shoulder (a gun), load, cargo, freight: 荷 : 16 ball, sphere: 球 : 19 beach: 岸 : 8 beans, pea, midget: 豆 : 7 beauty, beautiful: 美 : 15 beforehand, previous, myself, I: 予 : 1 bend, music, melody, composition, pleasure, injustice, fault, curve, crooked, perverse, lean: 曲 : 4 blessing, fortune, luck, wealth: 福 : 26 blood: 血 : 4 both, old Japanese coin, counter for carriages (eg, in a train), two: 両 : 5 box, chest, case, bin, railway car: 箱 : 28 breath, respiration, son, interest (on money): 息 : 17 bridge: 橋 : 28 bring up, grow up, raise, rear: 育 : 8 building, mansion, large building, palace: 館 : 28 bureau, board, office, affair, conclusion, court lady, lady-in-waiting, her apartment: 局 : 6 business, vocation, arts, performance: 業 : 26 carry, luck, destiny, fate, lot, transport, progress, advance: 運 : 21 center, middle: 央 : 1 change, take the form of, influence, enchant, delude, -ization: 化 : 1 charcoal, coal: 炭 : 14 chase, drive away, follow, pursue, meanwhile: 追 : 14 class, rank, grade: 級 : 12 clothing, admit, obey, discharge: 服 : 10 cold: 寒 : 22 commence, begin: 始 : 9 committee, entrust to, leave to, devote, discard: 委 : 7 concept, think, idea, thought: 想 : 26 copy, be photographed, describe: 写 : 2 courtyard, garden, yard: 庭 : 17 current, a sink, flow, forfeit: 流 : 18 darkness, disappear, shade, informal, grow dark, be blinded: 暗 : 25 death, die: 死 : 4 decide, fix, agree upon, appoint: 決 : 6 deep, heighten, intensify, strengthen: 深 : 20 defeat, negative, -, minus, bear, owe, assume a responsibility: 負 : 15 degrees, occurrence, time, counter for occurrences: 度 : 14 departure, discharge, publish, emit, start from, disclose, counter for gunshots: 発 : 15 determine, fix, establish, decide: 定 : 10 discuss, talk: 談 : 28 dish, a helping, plate: 皿 : 2 distribute, spouse, exile, rationing: 配 : 18 doctor, medicine: 医 : 5 don, arrive, wear, counter for suits of clothing: 着 : 23 double, twice, times, fold: 倍 : 18 drink, smoke, take: 飲 : 21 duty, war, campaign, drafted labor, office, service, role: 役 : 7 dwell, reside, live, inhabit: 住 : 6 emotion, feeling, sensation: 感 : 25 employee, member, number, the one in charge: 員 : 16 end, finish: 終 : 19 escort, send: 送 : 14 Esq, way, manner, situation, polite suffix: 様 : 27 etc, and so forth, class (first), quality, equal, similar: 等 : 24 even, flat, peace: 平 : 3 exertion, endeavour, encourage, strive, make effort, diligent: 勉 : 18 extinguish, blow out, turn off, neutralize, cancel: 消 : 17 fall, drop, come down, village, hamlet: 落 : 25 farm, field, garden, one s specialty, (kokuji): 畑 : 15 fate, command, decree, destiny, life, appoint: 命 : 11 file, row, rank, tier, column: 列 : 5 finger, point to, indicate, put into, play (chess), measure (ruler): 指 : 13 flavor, taste: 味 : 11 flute, clarinet, pipe, whistle, bagpipe, piccolo: 笛 : 20 gather, meet, congregate, swarm, flock: 集 : 23 Kanji mnemonics for kentei8 33

35 generation, world, society, public: 世 : 2 gods, mind, soul: 神 : 13 gone, past, quit, leave, elapse, eliminate, divorce: 去 : 1 goods, refinement, dignity, article, counter for meal courses: 品 : 15 green: 緑 : 27 grieve, sad, deplore, regret: 悲 : 24 guard, protect, defend, obey: 守 : 5 guest, visitor, customer, client: 客 : 12 happiness, blessing, fortune: 幸 : 8 harbor: 港 : 22 harmony, Japanese style, peace, soften, Japan: 和 : 11 have the honor to, sign of the monkey, 3-5PM, ninth sign of Chinese zodiac: 申 : 2 heavy, heap up, pile up, nest of boxes, -fold: 重 : 13 help, rescue, assist: 助 : 6 hold, have: 持 : 13 hot water, bath, hot spring: 湯 : 24 hurry, emergency, sudden, steep: 急 : 12 icicle, ice, hail, freeze, congeal: 氷 : 3 idea, mind, heart, taste, thought, desire, care, liking: 意 : 25 ill, sick: 病 : 18 inn, lodging, relay station, dwell, lodge, be pregnant, home, dwelling: 宿 : 19 Inst, institution, temple, mansion, school: 院 : 16 inter-, mutual, together, each other, minister of state, councillor, aspect, phase, physiognomy: 相 : 14 iron: 鉄 : 26 island: 島 : 17 juvenile, child: 童 : 24 lake: 湖 : 22 leaf, plane, lobe, needle, blade, spear, counter for flat things, fragment, piece: 葉 : 25 learn: 習 : 19 lightly, trifling, unimportant: 軽 : 22 lord, chief, master, main thing, principal: 主 : 2 make a deal, selling, dealing in, merchant: 商 : 19 mask, face, features, surface: 面 : 15 matter, thing, fact, business, reason, possibly: 事 : 9 medicine, chemical, enamel, gunpowder, benefit: 薬 : 28 metropolis, capital: 都 : 20 mister, you, ruler, male name suffix: 君 : 6 move, motion, change, confusion, shift, shake: 動 : 21 next, order, sequence: 次 : 4 nickname, number, item, title, pseudonym, name, call: 号 : 2 No, residence: 第 : 20 nose, snout: 鼻 : 27 notebook, account book, album, curtain, veil, net, tent: 帳 : 20 ocean, western style: 洋 : 16 oil, fat: 油 : 11 once upon a time, antiquity, old times: 昔 : 10 open, unfold, unseal: 開 : 21 organize, arranging, tune, tone, meter, key (music): 整 : 28 other, another, the others: 他 : 2 path, route, road, distance: 路 : 26 pelt, skin, hide, leather, skin radical (no 107): 皮 : 3 period, time, date, term: 期 : 22 person in charge, connection, duty, concern oneself: 係 : 12 pick up, gather, find, go on foot, ten: 拾 : 13 pillar, post, cylinder, support: 柱 : 14 place: 所 : 9 plank, board, plate, stage: 板 : 10 plant: 植 : 23 play: 遊 : 24 poem, poetry: 詩 : 26 polish, study of, sharpen: 研 : 12 possess, have, exist, happen, occur, approx: 有 : 5 pour, irrigate, shed (tears), flow into, concentrate on, notes, comment, annotate: 注 : 10 practice, gloss, train, drill, polish, refine: 練 : 27 prefecture: 県 : 12 question, ask, problem: 問 : 21 quick, fast: 速 : 17 reality, truth: 実 : 9 relax, cheap, low, quiet, rested, contented, peaceful: 安 : 4 research, study: 究 : 6 return, answer, fade, repay: 返 : 7 revolve, turn around, change: 転 : 20 ride, power, multiplication, record, counter for vehicles, board, mount, join: 乗 : 13 ritual, offer prayers, celebrate, deify, enshrine, worship: 祭 : 19 roof, house, shop, dealer, seller: 屋 : 11 root, radical, head (pimple): 根 : 16 rouse, wake up, get up: 起 : 16 sake, alcohol: 酒 : 17 Kanji mnemonics for kentei8 34

36 salute, bow, ceremony, thanks, remuneration: 礼 : 3 second (1/60 minute): 秒 : 15 section, bureau, dept, class, copy, part, portion, counter for copies of a newspaper or magazine: 部 : 21 set free, release, fire, shoot, emit, banish, liberate: 放 : 11 sheep: 羊 : 5 shining, bright: 昭 : 13 Shinto shrine, constellations, palace, princess: 宮 : 16 short, brevity, fault, defect, weak point: 短 : 23 sideways, side, horizontal, width, woof, unreasonable, perverse: 横 : 27 silver: 銀 : 27 Sino-, China: 漢 : 25 slope, incline, hill: 坂 : 6 somebody, person, one s station in life: 身 : 7 someone, person: 者 : 9 state, province: 州 : 5 station: 駅 : 27 storey, stair, counter for storeys of a building: 階 : 22 street, ward, town, counter for guns, tools, leaves or cakes of something, even number, 4th calendar sign: 丁 : 1 strike, hit, knock, pound, dozen: 打 : 3 style, ceremony, rite, function, method, system, form, expression: 式 : 4 substitute, change, convert, replace, period, age, counter for decades of ages, eras, etc, generation, charge, rate, fee: 代 : 3 suffering, trial, worry, hardship, feel bitter, scowl: 苦 : 8 sultry, hot, summer heat: 暑 : 23 sunshine, yang principle, positive, male, heaven, daytime: 陽 : 25 surface, table, chart, diagram: 表 : 10 swim: 泳 : 8 take, fetch, take up: 取 : 9 thing, object, matter: 物 : 11 throw, discard, abandon, launch into, join, invest in, hurl, give up, sell at a loss: 投 : 7 tool, utensil, means, possess, ingredients, counter for armor, suits, sets of furniture: 具 : 8 tooth, cog: 歯 : 23 topic, subject: 題 : 29 tribe, family: 族 : 20 trip, travel: 旅 : 18 true, reality, Buddhist sect: 真 : 17 tune, tone, meter, key (music), writing style, prepare, exorcise, investigate: 調 : 28 use, send on a mission, order, messenger, envoy, ambassador, cause: 使 : 8 victory, win, prevail, excel: 勝 : 23 vis-a-vis, opposite, even, equal, versus, anti-, compare: 対 : 7 wait, depend on: 待 : 14 ward, district: 区 : 1 warehouse, storehouse: 庫 : 16 warm: 温 : 21 waves, billows, Poland: 波 : 10 wherefore, a reason: 由 : 3 whole, entire, all, complete, fulfill: 全 : 5 world: 界 : 12 writing brush, writing, painting brush, handwriting: 筆 : 24 yonder, facing, beyond, confront, defy, tend toward, approach: 向 : 4 Kanji mnemonics for kentei8 35