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grammar Kanji (Lesson 7)
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If ~ follows the reading (e.g., おお~), hiragana-ending of the word must follow the kanji (e.g., 大きい). If ~ precedes the reading (e.g., ~か), other kanji must always precede the kanji (e.g., 三日).

 

kanji-now
おん
reading

ima04    
くん
reading
           
Core meanings now            
Examples
  1. ;
  2. ; ;
  3. 今日(こんにち) nowadays;

 

kanji-time
おん
reading
toki01 toki02 toki03 toki04 toki05 toki06
くん
reading
toki08 toki08 toki09 toki10    
Core meanings time            
Examples
  1. ; ;
  2. ; 子(こ)どもの(とき)時 during the childhood; ひまな時(とき) when not busy

 

kanji-moon
おん
reading
, げっ
, がっ
tsuki01

tsuki02

tsuki03 tsuki04    
くん
reading

つき

           
Core meanings moon            
Examples
  1. ; ;
  2. ; ; ; ; ; ;
    ; ; ; ; ;
  3. 月(つき) moon, month; 月(つき)日(ひ) months and days

 

kanji-fire
おん
reading
hi01 hi02 hi03 hi04    
くん
reading
ひ, び            
Core meanings fire            
Examples
  1. ;
  2. 火(ひ) fire; ろうそくの火(ひ) candle fire

 

kanji-water
おん
reading
sui01 sui02 sui03 sui04    
くん
reading
           
Core meanings water            
Examples
  1. ; 水色(みずいろ) water color (light blue); 飲(の)み水(みず) drinking water
  2. ;

 

kanji-tree
おん
reading
, ぼく moku01 moku02 moku03 moku04    
くん
reading
き
こ
           
Core meanings tree            
Examples
  1. 木(き)の下(した) under the tree; 木(き)村(むら) Kimura [family name]; 大(おお)木(き) Oki [family name]
  2. ; [Also pronounced as かあもく]

 

kanji-gold
おん
reading
kin01 kin02 kin03 kin05 kin06
くん
reading

かな
kin07 kin08        
Core meanings gold            
Examples
  1. ; 金(きん) gold;

 

kanji-earth
おん
reading
do01 do02 do03      
くん
reading
つち            
Core meanings soil; earth            
Examples
  1. ; [Also pronounced as どうにち]
  2. 土(つち)の中(なか) in the soil

 

kanji-weekday
おん
reading
you01 you02 you03 you04 you05 you06
くん
reading
  you07 you08 you09 you10 you11 you12
Core meanings weekday you13 you14 you15 you16 you17 you18
Examples
  1. ;

 

kanji-half
おん
reading
han01 han02 han03 han04 han05  
くん
reading
なか~            
Core meanings half            
Examples
  1. ; ;

 

kanji-minute
おん
reading


hun02 hun03 hun04    
くん
reading
わ~            
Core meanings part, minute of time            
Examples
  1. ; ; ;

  2. 一(いち)時(じ)間(かん)は何分(なんぷん)ですか。
    How many minutes are in 1 hour?

 

kanji-week
おん
reading
shuu01 shuu02 shuu03 shuu04 shuu05
shuu06
くん
reading

 

shuu07 shuu08 shuu09 shuu10 shuu11  
Core meanings week            
Examples
  1. ; 二(に)週(しゅう)目(め) second week
  2. ; ; 再(さ)来(らい)週(しゅう) the week after next

 

kanji-every
おん
reading
mai01 mai02 mai03 mai04 mai05 mai06
くん
reading
ごと            
Core meanings every            
Examples
  1. ; ;
  2. 毎(まい)度(ど) every time

 

kanji-year
おん
reading
nen01 nen02 nen03 nen04 nen05 nen06
くん
reading
           
Core meanings year            
Examples
  1. ;
  2. ;

 

kanji-interval
おん
reading
aida01 aida02 aida03 aida04 aida05 aida06
くん
reading

あいだ

ま

aida07 aida08 aida09 aida10 aida11 aida12
Core meanings interval, space            
Examples
  1. ; ;
  2. ; この間(あいだ) the other day
  3. 日(に)本(ほん)間(ま) Japanese-style room

 

kanji-what
おん
reading

nani01 nani02 nani03 nani04 nani05 nani06
くん
reading
  nani07          
Core meanings what            
Examples
  1. ;
  2. 何本(なんぼん) How many long objects?; 何(なん)人(にん) How many people?;
  3. ;
  4. ;

 

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