Remembering The Kanji 1 | 1-100

Front 1

"One"

Back 1

"一"

Hint 1

"Roman numeral I"

Front 2

"Two"

Back 2

"二"

Hint 2

"Roman numeral II"

Front 3

"Three"

Back 3

"三"

Hint 3

"Roman numeral III"

Front 4

"Four"

Back 4

"四"

Hint 4

"He got four years to life for putting his human legs in someone’s mouth."

Front 5

"Five"

Back 5

"五"

Hint 5

"Pictograph"

Front 6

"Six"

Back 6

"六"

Hint 6

"Top hats are worn by creatures with six animal legs."

Front 7

"Seven"

Back 7

"七"

Hint 7

"Upside down and crossed out."

Front 8

"Eight"

Back 8

"八"

Hint 8

"Infinity"

Front 9

"Nine"

Back 9

"九"

Hint 9

"Nine players on a baseball team, with a toe stuck out."

Front 10

"Ten"

Back 10

"十"

Hint 10

"Roman numeral X turned 45 degrees."

Front 11

"Mouth"

Back 11

"口"

Hint 11

"Pictograph"

Front 12

"Day"

Back 12

"日"

Hint 12

"Pictograph"

Front 13

"Month"

Back 13

"月"

Hint 13

"Man in the moon’"

Front 14

"Rice Field"

Back 14

"田"

Hint 14

"Pictograph. Agriculture showed the brains of human civilization. "

Front 15

"Eye"

Back 15

"目"

Hint 15

"Pictograph"

Front 16

"Old"

Back 16

"古"

Hint 16

"Cross over tombstone."

Front 17

"I"

Back 17

"吾"

Hint 17

"I have five senses, but one mouth."

Front 18

"Risk"

Back 18

"冒"

Hint 18

"Mother always warned, its not worth the risk of losing ones’ sight to cast the eye up to the sun."

Front 19

"Companion"

Back 19

"朋"

Hint 19

"God made Adam’s companion in Eve. “Flesh of my flesh”."

Front 20

"Bright"

Back 20

"明"

Hint 20

"The two brightest things in the sky, the sun and the moon."

Front 21

"Chant"

Back 21

"唱"

Hint 21

"A chanting mouths maybe prosperous. "

Front 22

"Sparkle"

Back 22

"晶"

Hint 22

"A diamond sparkles like three suns. "

Front 23

"Goods"

Back 23

"品"

Hint 23

"Like the mouths of the masses waiting to consume goods that have been mass produced for consumption. "

Front 24

"Spine"

Back 24

"呂"

Hint 24

"Pictograph"

Front 25

"Prosperous"

Back 25

"昌"

Hint 25

"What’s more prosperous than two suns in the sky?"

Front 26

"Early"

Back 26

"早"

Hint 26

"The sun touches its favorite flower earliest. The sunflower."

Front 27

"Rising Sun"

Back 27

"旭"

Hint 27

"Atop a baseball bat is the flag of the land of the rising sun."

Front 28

"Generation"

Back 28

"世"

Hint 28

"30 years = 10 + 10 + 10"

Front 29

"Stomach"

Back 29

"胃"

Hint 29

"The stomach is the flesh that keeps the brain functioning."

Front 30

"Nightbreak"

Back 30

"旦"

Hint 30

"The opening of night into day occurs as the sun appears over the horizon/floor. "

Front 31

"Gall Bladder"

Back 31

"胆"

Hint 31

"Never watch the moon and let nightbreak on your anger, otherwise it will fester in the gall bladder to make you ill. "

Front 32

"Span"

Back 32

"亘"

Hint 32

"The sun moves from the floor to the ceiling of the sky, day after day, marking the span of our lives. "

Front 33

"Concave"

Back 33

"凹"

Hint 33

"Curved like the interior of a circle."

Front 34

"Convex"

Back 34

"凸"

Hint 34

"Curved or rounded outward."

Front 35

"Olden Times"

Back 35

"旧"

Hint 35

"I remember the olden times; I didn’t need a walking stick those days."

Front 36

"Oneself"

Back 36

"自"

Hint 36

"Think to oneself, the nose is a drop mother nature placed between the eyes. "

Front 37

"White"

Back 37

"白"

Hint 37

"A drop of sun light is white when the colors are broken by a prism."

Front 38

"Hundred"

Back 38

"百"

Hint 38

"Japanese refer the the 99th birthday as the White Year because white is what you are left with if you subtract one from a hundred. "

Front 39

"In"

Back 39

"中"

Hint 39

"Mother needs to get medicine into the kid, so she uses a walking stick to pry the mouth open."

Front 40

"Thousand"

Back 40

"千"

Hint 40

"Drop two more zeros on ten to make a thousand."

Front 41

"Tongue"

Back 41

"舌"

Hint 41

"A thousand mouths speaking a language share a common tongue."

Front 42

"Measuring Box"

Back 42

"升"

Hint 42

"A thousand needles belong in a measuring box. But don’t drink sake out of it!"

Front 43

"Rise Up"

Back 43

"昇"

Hint 43

"Even the sun would rise up if over a thousand needles."

Front 44

"Round"

Back 44

"丸"

Hint 44

"Nine plus a drop rounds to ten."

Front 45

"Measurement"

Back 45

"寸"

Hint 45

"The measurement should equal ten drops of glue."

Front 46

"Speciality"

Back 46

"専"

Hint 46

"People generally endeavor to have multiple specialties and extend themselves over a number of fields: Ten rice fields glued together. "

Front 47

"Dr."

Back 47

"博"

Hint 47

"Needles are the speciality of Doctors. "

Front 48

"Fortune-Telling"

Back 48

"占"

Hint 48

"The fortune-teller has a magic wand over her mouth."

Front 49

"Above"

Back 49

"上"

Hint 49

"Magic wand above floor."

Front 50

"Below"

Back 50

"下"

Hint 50

"Magic wand below ceiling."

Front 51

"Eminent"

Back 51

"卓"

Hint 51

"A famous magician uses a magic wand and a sunflower in his act."

Front 52

"Morning"

Back 52

"朝"

Hint 52

"A mist falls as the moon fades in the first light of morning. "

Front 53

"Only"

Back 53

"只"

Hint 53

"Side show freak! Only one of its kind, one big mouth and two animal legs. "

Front 54

"Shellfish"

Back 54

"貝"

Hint 54

"An eye with animal legs, a freaky image on the seafloor. "

Front 55

"Upright"

Back 55

"貞"

Hint 55

"A magic wand would be needed for a clam to be upright. "

Front 56

"Employee"

Back 56

"員"

Hint 56

"“New employees should keep their mouths shut and do their jobs.” They walk around with clams pinched over their mouths. "

Front 57

"See"

Back 57

"見"

Hint 57

"Everyone’s eye see from atop their human legs."

Front 58

"Newborn Babe"

Back 58

"児"

Hint 58

"In the olden times, newborn babes came with human legs."

Front 59

"Beginning"

Back 59

"元"

Hint 59

"In the beginning, God made two of everything, including human legs."

Front 60

"Page"

Back 60

"頁"

Hint 60

"One page dropped on the shellfish’s head."

Front 61

"Stubborn"

Back 61

"頑"

Hint 61

"A stubborn person begins with a belief in their head and sticks with it not matter the prevailing wisdom."

Front 62

"Mediocre"

Back 62

"凡"

Hint 62

"Insignificant as a drop in the wind."

Front 63

"Defeat"

Back 63

"負"

Hint 63

"Shell to shell combat, defeated clam is bound and gagged with seaweed."

Front 64

"Ten Thousand"

Back 64

"万"

Hint 64

"Under the floor are ten thousand yen bound together."

Front 65

"Phrase"

Back 65

"句"

Hint 65

"A phrase is a bunch of words bound up so they fit in your mouth."

Front 66

"Texture"

Back 66

"肌"

Hint 66

"The texture of your flesh will change due to the hot desert winds. "

Front 67

"Decameron"

Back 67

"旬"

Hint 67

"Decameron is a tale of a ten day journey taken taken by a group of people bound together."

Front 68

"Ladle"

Back 68

"勺"

Hint 68

"A ladle hold bound up drops of liquid."

Front 69

"Bull’s Eye"

Back 69

"的"

Hint 69

"The dove beside the ladle, thats your target. Shoot a bull’s eye!"

Front 70

"Neck"

Back 70

"首"

Hint 70

"A giraffe has horns and a nose atop a long neck."

Front 71

"Fish Guts"

Back 71

"乙"

Hint 71

"Pictograph. (Also means two in the Chinese Zodiac, along with: pure, tasteful and quaint like a small fishing village)"

Front 72

"Riot"

Back 72

"乱"

Hint 72

"Barbed tongues could start a riot."

Front 73

"Straightaway"

Back 73

"直"

Hint 73

"The fishhook must be straighten out straightaway so that it can pass through they eye of the needle."

Front 74

"Tool"

Back 74

"具"

Hint 74

"Atop the table the carpenter can eye all of his tools."

Front 75

"True"

Back 75

"真"

Hint 75

"Through the eye of the needle, the fate’s favorite tool, they can see what is true and what is not."

Front 76

"Craft"

Back 76

"工"

Hint 76

"Pictograph resembles I-beam used in construction. "

Front 77

"Left"

Back 77

"左"

Hint 77

"The left is associated with sinister things like witch-craft."

Front 78

"Right"

Back 78

"右"

Hint 78

"Imagine a mouth hanging down by your left side telling you to do the right thing."

Front 79

"Possess"

Back 79

"有"

Hint 79

"An evil spirit possess you by hanging close to your side, clinging to the flesh."

Front 80

"Bribe"

Back 80

"賄"

Hint 80

"If one were possessed by money, they would be likely to accept a bribe."

Front 81

"Tribute"

Back 81

"貢"

Hint 81

"Kings have to be crafty to collect their tributes and taxes. "

Front 82

"Paragraph"

Back 82

"項"

Hint 82

"A writer’s craft is to write many paragraphs and these pearls of wisdoms descend from their heads to the page. "

Front 83

"Sword"

Back 83

"刀"

Hint 83

"Pictograph of guard of sword. "

Front 84

"Blade"

Back 84

"刃"

Hint 84

"If you confuse your dagger with your razor blade, it will get a drop of blood on it."

Front 85

"Cut"

Back 85

"切"

Hint 85

"A knife happy chef cuts with seven dagger."

Front 86

"Seduce"

Back 86

"召"

Hint 86

"Which object does the seducing, the long narrow object or the small round object?"

Front 87

"Shining"

Back 87

"昭"

Hint 87

"He shines his shoes in order the seduce the sun down on them for all to see."

Front 88

"Rule"

Back 88

"則"

Hint 88

"Those with the money and weapons make the rules."

Front 89

"Vice-"

Back 89

"副"

Hint 89

"The weapon behind the wealth in the company is the vice-president."

Front 90

"Separate"

Back 90

"別"

Hint 90

"Yelling with a wide mouth, bound up and separated from his saber, the samurai is experiencing separation anxiety. "

Front 91

"Street"

Back 91

"丁"

Hint 91

"Sesame Street is brought to you by the letter ‘T’. "

Front 92

"Village"

Back 92

"町"

Hint 92

"The street sign at the corner of the rice field marks the village limits. "

Front 93

"Can"

Back 93

"可"

Hint 93

"The little engine that could. “I think I can, I think I can ...” Spitting railroad spikes out of its mouth as it chugs along up the hill."

Front 94

"Place On The Head"

Back 94

"頂"

Hint 94

"“Hitting the nail on the head” or beside it in this case. "

Front 95

"Child"

Back 95

"子"

Hint 95

"Mom carries child in cocoon on back wrapped up, arms sticking out, legs bound together. "

Front 96

"Cavity"

Back 96

"孔"

Hint 96

"Every child fears the dentist finding cavities, and his hook of a drill."

Front 97

"Complete"

Back 97

"了"

Hint 97

"A child completely wrapped in cocoon."

Front 98

"Woman"

Back 98

"女"

Hint 98

"The woman has two legs, two arms and is graceful."

Front 99

"Fond"

Back 99

"好"

Hint 99

"A woman is fond of her child."

Front 100

"Likeness"

Back 100

"如"

Hint 100

"Resembles likeness of a woman’s cave - vagina."