Hi Everyone
Welcome to our fourteenth kanji lesson!
You are going to learn the following kanji: 半午国名時. Let’s go!
If you missed the previous lessons, here they are:
- Learning Kanji 001 – 一人
- Learning Kanji 002 – ニ三日本何
- Learning Kanji 003 – 四五山木月
- Learning Kanji 004 – 六七水火年
- Learning Kanji 005 – 八九十百円
- Learning Kanji 006 – 千万土金曜
- Learning Kanji 007 – 物事食飲行
- Learning Kanji 008 – 安高私入出
- Learning Kanji 009 – 小大赤青口
- Learning Kanji 010 – 右左上下中
- Learning Kanji 011 – 雨気見電車
- Learning Kanji 012 – 母父分今川
- Learning Kanji 013 – 前休生先話
半
- Strokes: 5
- Reading(s):
- onyomi:
- ハン
- kunyomi:
- なかば
- onyomi:
- Meaning(s):
- half, semi-
- middle
- odd number
Examples:
- 半 (はん)
- その 半分 でも 高い。(はん・ぶん・たか)
- / that / half / even / high /
- / Even at half (the price) it is still expensive. /
- 六時半 に あいましょう。(ろく・はん)
- / six / hour / half / {moment} / let’s meet /
- / Let’s meet at six and a half. /
- 半ば (なか)ば
- 春 の 半ば でも 寒い。(なか)
- / Spring / {relation} / half / even / cold /
- / Even though we are half through Spring, it is still cold. /
午
- Strokes: 4
- Reading(s):
- onyomi:
- ゴ
- kunyomi:
- うま (specific to the zodiac sign)
- onyomi:
- Meaning(s):
- mid-day, noon, 11AM-1PM
- sign of the horse, seventh sign of Chinese zodiac
Examples:
- 午 (ご)
- 午前 七時 に 起きました。(ご・ぜん・なな)
- / morning / seven / hour / {moment} / woke up. /
- / (I) woke up at seven in the morning. /
- 午後 四時半 に 行きましょう。(ご・よん・い)
- / afternoon / four / hour / half / {moment} / let’s go /
- / Let’s go (there) at hour and a half this afternoon. /
国
- Strokes: 8
- Reading(s):
- onyomi:
- コク (コッ)
- kunyomi:
- くに
- onyomi:
- Meaning(s):
- country
Examples:
- 国 (こく)
- リーさん は 中国人です。(ちゅう・ごく・じん)
- / Mr/Mrs Lee / {topic} / Chinese / to be /
- / Mr/Mrs Lee is Chinese. /
- 国 (くに)
- どの 国 にも 国旗 が ある。(くに・こっ)
- / which / country / {destination} / also / national flag / {focus} / to exist /
- / Every country has its national flag. /
Note:
- China (中国) is literally the “country in the middle” in Japanese.
名
- Strokes: 6
- Reading(s):
- onyomi:
- メイ
- ミョウ
- kunyomi:
- な
- jukujikun:
- 仮名(かな)
- 名残(なごり)
- onyomi:
- Meaning(s):
- name
- reputation
- counter for honoured people
名
メイ 名誉,氏名,有名
ミョウ 名字,本名,大名
な 名,名前
Examples:
- 名 (めい)
- この 本 は とても 有名 です。(ほん・めい)
- / this / book / {topic} / very / famous / to be /
- / This book is really famous. /
- 名 (みょう)
- あなた の 名字 は どう つづる の です か。
- / you / {realtion / family name / {topic} / how / to spell / {explanation} / to be / question /
- / How do yo uspell your family name? /
- 名 (な)
- あの人の名前は何ですか。(ひと・な・まえ)
- / that (over there) / person / {relation} / given name / {topic} / what / to be / {question} /
- / What is the (given) name of that person over there? /
時
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- Strokes: 10
- Reading(s):
- onyomi:
- ジ
- kunyomi:
- とき
- jukujikun:
- 時雨(しぐれ)- heavy automanl rains.
- 時計(とけい)- watch, clock.
- onyomi:
- Meaning(s):
- time
- hour
-
Examples:
- 時 (じ)
- すみません が、今 何時 です か。(いま・なん・じ)
- / excuse me / but / now / what time / to be / question /
- / Excuse-me, what time is it? /
- 時 (とき)
- あの 時 に 寝て いた。(とき)
- / that (over there) / time / {moment} / was sleeping. /
- / At that time, (I was) sleeping. /
- 私 は 時々* 音楽 を 聞きます。(わたし・とき・どき・)
- / I / {topic} / from time to time / song / {object} / to listen /
- / I sometimes listen to music. /
(*) 時々 is equivalent to writing 時時
Great! You have now seen 67 kanji!
Do not hesitate if you have comments, questions or requests!
またね!
Stéphane
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