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Archive for June, 2010

Kanji-of-the-Day: Water = 水

Posted in: Kanji by admin on June 30, 2010

The kanji for Water: 水Today’s kanji from the iStart Japanese! Team is: “water” 水.
Also, today is Wednesday, which in Japanese is “water day-of-the-week”,
「sui-yōbi, 水曜日」.
It has 4 strokes.

 

For the more advanced Japanese learners:
The most common readings of this kanji character are: “SUI” 「スイ」 and “mizu” 「みず」　(water).

 

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Kanji-of-the-Day: Fire = 火

Posted in: Kanji by admin on June 29, 2010

The kanji for Fire: 火Today’s kanji from the iStart Japanese! Team is: “fire” 火.
Also, today is Tuesday, which in Japanese is “fire day-of-the-week”,
「ka-yōbi, 火曜日」.
It has 4 strokes.

 

For the more advanced Japanese learners:
The most common readings of this kanji character are: “KA” 「カ」 and “hi” 「ひ」　(fire).

 

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Kanji-of-the-Day: Month = 月

Posted in: Kanji by admin on June 28, 2010

The kanji for Month: 月Today’s kanji from the iStart Japanese! Team is: “month”. It also means the “moon”.
Also, today is Monday, which in Japanese is “moon day-of-the-week”,
「getsu-yōbi, 月曜日」.
It has 4 strokes.

 

For the more advanced Japanese learners:
The most common readings of this kanji character are: GETSU, GATSU (month), tsuki (moon).
As a general rule, we use UPPERCASE LETTERS for readings originally derived from China (so-called “on-yōmi”) and lowercase letters for readings originating from Japan (so-called “kun-yōmi”). So, GETSU 「ゲツ」is on-yōmi, and tsuki 「つき」 is kun-yōmi.

 

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