My Kanji Study Iii

Front 1

★road

Back 1

辶

Hint 1

The 'road' envisioned here is for traffic, or a path or walkway.

Front 2

road-way

Back 2

道

Hint 2

A road that narrows down to a bottle-neck is not a great 'road-way'.

Front 3

guidance

Back 3

導

Hint 3

When we accept someones 'guidance' (for directions), we permit ourselves to be glued to the roadway they speak of.

Front 4

crossing

Back 4

辻

Hint 4

The shape of a cross set on a road is a 'crossing' sign.

Front 5

swift

Back 5

迅

Hint 5

At a pirates crossing you have to be 'swift' of you'll get hooked.

Front 6

create

Back 6

造

Hint 6

The road-way of revelation starts with God 'created' the heavens and the earth.

Front 7

urge

Back 7

迫

Hint 7

To 'urge' someone to do somthing, you make the way as appealing as possible, perhaps even whitewashing it a bit.

Front 8

escape

Back 8

逃

Hint 8

Its hard to 'escape' when you're a turtle on a road.

Front 9

environs

Back 9

辺

Hint 9

To keep the 'environs' clean and safe, you could cement daggers in the road to stop pollution.

Front 10

patrol

Back 10

巡

Hint 10

A flood of police coming down the road to 'patrol' it.

Front 11

car (cart, wagon, vehicle)

Back 11

車

Hint 11

Look for the front wheels and the back wheels (first and last horizontal strokes) and the seat in the middle of the 'car'.

Front 12

take along

Back 12

連

Hint 12

What you are meant to 'take along' in this kanji are not things but people. A car on the road to transport people so to speak.

Front 13

rut

Back 13

軌

Hint 13

Cars get caught in ruts, Baseball teams also can fall in a 'rut'.

Front 14

transport

Back 14

輸

Hint 14

We have a vehicle for 'transport' so the butcher won't be late for the meeting (flesh + saber = butcher)

Front 15

in front

Back 15

前

Hint 15

A butcher using horns shaped like a saber to cut the flesh 'in front' of him.

Front 16

★walking legs

Back 16

夂

Hint 16

'Walking legs' indicates legs in motion.

Front 17

each

Back 17

各

Hint 17

Walking legs with a mouth between them, to 'each' their own I say.

Front 18

status

Back 18

格

Hint 18

Imagine trees as a 'status' symbol in Japan where each tree has a different value.

Front 19

abbreviation

Back 19

略

Hint 19

Each field has its own 'abbreviation'. Chem/Phych/Pols...

Front 20

guest

Back 20

客

Hint 20

When you are the 'guest' in a house, each household treats you differently.

Front 21

forehead

Back 21

額

Hint 21

Out of respect for guests, you look at their head or 'forehead' to be polite (not the eyes).

Front 22

Summer

Back 22

夏

Hint 22

In 'Summer' your head hangs down to your walking legs (from the heat).

Front 23

dispose

Back 23

処

Hint 23

The wind caused by your walking legs kicking out at some trash to 'dispose' of it.

Front 24

twig

Back 24

条

Hint 24

(Pinocchio) Walking legs made of wood, or 'twig' legs like Pinocchio.

Front 25

fall

Back 25

落

Hint 25

When flowers 'fall' its slow and gentle, when water falls it spashes. They each have their own way.

Front 26

★crown

Back 26

冖

Hint 26

The pictograph of a flat 'crown'.

Front 27

superflous

Back 27

冗

Hint 27

Picture a weather vane beneath a regal crown. A little bit 'superflous' don't you think.

Front 28

army

Back 28

軍

Hint 28

The crowned vehicle depicted here is a "chariot," the symbol of an 'army'.

Front 29

radiance

Back 29

輝

Hint 29

Take advantage of the first syllable of the key word to think of the ray of light to the left. Now add the glittering chariot that is emitting those rays and you have 'radiance'.

Front 30

carry

Back 30

運

Hint 30

Chariots on the road to 'carry' something home.

Front 31

crown

Back 31

冠

Hint 31

By having the 'crown' pass from one age to the next, a people keeps itself glued to its beginnings.

Front 32

dream

Back 32

夢

Hint 32

With flowers dancing over your eyes and a crown on your head, go to bed in the evening for the perfect 'dream'.

Front 33

★top hat

Back 33

亠

Hint 33

The broad rim and tall 'top hat' is pictured graphically here in these 2 simple strokes.

Front 34

★whirlwind

Back 34

亢

Hint 34

A top hat spinning on a weather vane as a 'whirlwind' spins it out of control.

Front 35

pit

Back 35

坑

Hint 35

A whirlwind begins to dig its way into the soil like a drill until it makes a deep 'pit'.

Front 36

tall

Back 36

高

Hint 36

Aliens with tophats are 'tall', aliens with helmets are over there.

Front 37

receive

Back 37

享

Hint 37

Tall children 'receive' more attention.

Front 38

cram school

Back 38

塾

Hint 38

'Cram school' is for all children apart from tall children and round ones who have to stay out on the grounds.

Front 39

mellow

Back 39

熟

Hint 39

Tall children and fat people when you heat them up (on a fire) get so hot that they 'mellow' out.

Front 40

pavillion

Back 40

亭

Hint 40

Think of all the 'pavillions' at world expo and think of a towering tall crowned nail with a revolving restaurant on top.

Front 41

capital

Back 41

京

Hint 41

A tall 'capital' building with lots of mouthy small politicians.

Front 42

refreshing

Back 42

涼

Hint 42

Its very 'refreshing' to sit sipping some cool water in Kyoto the old capital.

Front 43

scenery

Back 43

景

Hint 43

The beautifaul 'scenery' of the sun coming up over Kyoto the old capital.

Front 44

whale

Back 44

鯨

Hint 44

A 'whale' that eats a whole school of fish so the fish can make their own capital.

Front 45

★lidded crock

Back 45

◆◆

Hint 45

Soil over the mouth of a container gives us a piece of clay pottery with its lit. Behold the 'lidded crock'.

Front 46

cottage

Back 46

舎

Hint 46

A lidded crock with an umbrella overhead gives us a mixture of the modern and the nostalgic in this design for a 'cottage'.

Front 47

circumference (lap)

Back 47

周

Hint 47

Taking the lidded crock and mark measurements on the edge of it. Then spin it around a motorcycle helmet to measure its 'circumference'.

Front 48

week

Back 48

週

Hint 48

A circular road with 7 markers representing days of a 'week'.

Front 49

gentleman (samurai)

Back 49

士

Hint 49

Broad shouldered, slender-waisted warrior standing to attention. When not at war they are 'gentlemen'.

Front 50

good luck (aerosol can)

Back 50

吉

Hint 50

A Samurai sitting down with an open mouth which people walk up to and look inside for 'good luck'.

Front 51

robust

Back 51

壮

Hint 51

A turtle armored Samurai is 'robust'.

Front 52

villa

Back 52

荘

Hint 52

A 'villa' with an exotic flower garden with a turtle Samurai statue at the gate.

Front 53

sell

Back 53

売

Hint 53

A Samurai goin door to door selling crowns on his own 2 legs.

Front 54

★schoolhouse

Back 54

◆◆

Hint 54

ABC, 123 in a 'schoolhouse' we learn.

Front 55

study

Back 55

学

Hint 55

A child in a schoolhouse is there to 'study'.

Front 56

memorize

Back 56

覚

Hint 56

At school you have to see things to memorize them.

Front 57

flourish

Back 57

栄

Front 58

brush

Back 58

聿

Front 59

write

Back 59

書

Front 60

haven

Back 60

津

Front 61

taskmaster

Back 61

攵

Front 62

breed

Back 62

牧

Front 63

aggression

Back 63

攻

Front 64

failure

Back 64

敗

Front 65

a sheet of

Back 65

枚

Front 66

happenstance

Back 66

故

Front 67

awe

Back 67

敬

Front 68

say (saying,speech,words)

Back 68

言

Front 69

admonish

Back 69

警

Front 70

plot

Back 70

計

Front 71

prison

Back 71

獄

Front 72

revise

Back 72

訂

Front 73

chastise

Back 73

討

Front 74

instruction

Back 74

訓

Front 75

imperial edict

Back 75

詔

Front 76

packed

Back 76

詰

Front 77

tale

Back 77

話

Front 78

recitation

Back 78

詠

Front 79

poem

Back 79

詩

Front 80

word

Back 80

語

Front 81

read

Back 81

読

Front 82

tune

Back 82

調

Front 83

consent

Back 83

諾

Front 84

rebuke

Back 84

諭

Front 85

discuss

Back 85

談

Front 86

arrow

Back 86

弋

Front 87

style

Back 87

式

Front 88

test

Back 88

試

Front 89

quiver

Back 89

¤

Front 90

II (two)

Back 90

弐

Front 91

fiesta

Back 91

戈

Front 92

range

Back 92

域

Front 93

burglar

Back 93

賊

Front 94

Thanksgiving

Back 94

¤

Front 95

plantation

Back 95

栽

Front 96

load

Back 96

載

Front 97

parade

Back 97

戊

Front 98

overgrown

Back 98

茂

Front 99

turn into

Back 99

成

Front 100

castle

Back 100

城

Front 101

sincerity

Back 101

誠

Front 102

march

Back 102

戌

Front 103

intimidate

Back 103

威

Front 104

destroy

Back 104

滅

Front 105

dwindle

Back 105

減

Front 106

float

Back 106

Ｘ

Front 107

scaffold

Back 107

桟

Front 108

coin

Back 108

銭

Front 109

shallow

Back 109

浅

Front 110

stop (footprint)

Back 110

止

Front 111

walk

Back 111

歩

Front 112

ford

Back 112

渉

Front 113

repeatedly

Back 113

頻

Front 114

agreement

Back 114

肯

Front 115

undertake

Back 115

企

Front 116

cirriculum

Back 116

歴

Front 117

warrior

Back 117

武

Front 118

levy

Back 118

賦

Front 119

correct

Back 119

正

Front 120

evidence

Back 120

証

Front 121

politics

Back 121

政

Front 122

mending

Back 122

X

Front 123

determine

Back 123

定

Front 124

lock

Back 124

錠

Front 125

run

Back 125

走

Front 126

transcend

Back 126

超

Front 127

proceed

Back 127

赴

Front 128

surpass

Back 128

越

Front 129

just so

Back 129

是

Front 130

topic

Back 130

題

Front 131

dike

Back 131

堤

Front 132

stretch

Back 132

廴

Front 133

build

Back 133

建

Front 134

prolong

Back 134

延

Front 135

nativity

Back 135

誕

Front 136

zoo

Back 136

疋

Front 137

cornerstone

Back 137

礎

Front 138

bridegroom

Back 138

婿