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Please tell me how to read this kanji.
When studying Japanese, memorizing kanji is tough.
Usage patterns 〈 物もの 〉 を 漢かん 字じ で 書か く to write something in kanji
Please write your name in kanji.
漢かん 字じ を 読よ む to read kanji
I don't know how to read this kanji.
漢かん 字じ を 覚おぼ える to memorize kanji
I try to memorize new kanji every day.
漢かん 字じ が 苦にが 手て to be poor at kanji
I'm bad at kanji, so I always use a dictionary.
漢かん 字じ を 習なら う to learn/study kanji
Children start learning kanji in elementary school.
Opposites 英字 (English letters) is often contrasted with 漢字 (Chinese characters) when distinguishing Western from Japanese/Chinese writing systems.
漢字 are the Chinese-derived characters, while 仮名 are the native Japanese syllabic scripts (hiragana and katakana) used alongside them.
Don't confuse with 漢字 are logographic characters borrowed from Chinese, while ひらがな is a native phonetic syllabary used for grammar and native words.
漢字 carry meaning as logographs, whereas カタカナ is a phonetic syllabary mainly used for foreign loanwords and emphasis.
漢字 means individual Chinese characters, while 漢文 refers to whole texts written in classical Chinese or entirely in kanji.
Word family· 36 jōyō kanji; kanji for common use
single kanji; individual kanji character
old-style kanji; traditional kanji forms
Written forms 漢かん 字じ Usage 99%
Standard kanji spelling; high priority.
かんじ Usage 1%
Etymology From Middle Chinese 漢字 (xanH dziH, literally 'Han characters'). The Japanese reading かんじ is the on'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading).
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圏けん
Sinosphere; Chinese character cultural sphere
substitute kanji; jōyō kanji used in place of a non-jōyō kanji
Show 6 more restricted kanji; limited set of kanji for daily use
Japanese-made kanji; kanji created in Japan
elementary school kanji; the 1,026 kanji taught in Japanese elementary schools
tōyō kanji; list of 1,850 kanji for general use (1946–1981)
ruby text; furigana
the 1,026 kanji taught in Japanese elementary schools
