Kanji In Context Flashcards
West. Condensed to “old West”:
Need.
(Old west…woman)
Loins
(Part of body…need)
Spirit
(Reclining…floor…fishhook…sheaf)
Heavy
(Thousand…Ri)
Utilize
(Meat…walking stick)
As primitive: screwdriver
Chop-seal
Abbreviated as:
Sickness
(Cave…ice)
Beans
As primitive: table
Head - full kanji
(Table…head)
Asia
Bad
(Asia…heart)
Red
(Ground…dagger…little)
When abbreviated, means Apple, looks like:
Unusual
(Apple…walking legs)
Golden Calf
Connection
(Gates…Golden calf)
Music
(Dove…sparkler…tree)
Drink
(Food…yawn)
Half
(Little…needle)
Door
(Ceiling…flag)
Re- (coming back, returning)
(Door…st Bernard)
Mosaic
Color
(Bound up…mosaic)
Mask
Pinnacle (the highest point)
Descend
(Pinnacle…walking legs…sunglasses with a lens popped out)
Thread
End
(Thread…winter)
Not (knot)
Thing
(Cow…knot)
Bow (as in bow and arrow)
Slingshot
Bestow
(Slingshot…one)
Guillotine
Decide
(Water…guillotine)
Dish
Blood
(Dish…drop)
Fluid
(Water…night)
Celery
Cold
(House…celery…animal legs…ice)
Snow
(Rain…broom)
Owl
Simple
(Owl…brain…needle)
Inside
(Person…belt)
Interchange
(Fingers…four St. bernards bound up)
Father
Mingle
(Top hat…father)
Un-
*primitive- jail cell
Dollar sign
Expense
(Dollar sign…shell)
Vast
(Bow…elbow)
Strong
(Vast…insect)
Dart
Short
(Dart…table)
Silver (primitive)
Silver (full kanji)
Good
(Drop…silver)
As primitive: halo
Eat
Old man
Filial piety
(Old man…child)
Teach
(Filial piety…taskmaster)
Hairpin
Long
Horse
Primitive: Team of horses
Verification
(Team of horses…awl)
Awl
(Meeting…mouth…person)
Stamp
Clothing
(Flesh…stamp…crotch)
Now
Primitive: clock
Wish
(Clock…heart)
Comrade
(Jail cell…car)
Angle
(Bound up…glass canopy…walking stick…two)
Unravel
(Angle…dagger…cow)
Harm
(House…grow up…mouth)
Proportion
(Harm…saber)
Too much
(Umbrella…potato…little)
“Scale” - think of a scale with “too much” and the needle is spinning
Route
(Scale…road)
Salad
Twenty
Caverns
(Cave…twenty)
Degrees
(Caverns…crotch)
Consider
(Old man…slingshot)
Maestro
Expert
(Maestro…ceiling…towel)
Big Dipper
Primitive: measuring cup
Department
(Wheat…measuring cup)
Cabbage
(Flower…mouth…grow up)
Scarecrow
(Based on cabbage primitive)
Difficult
(Scarecrow…turkey)
Hairpin
Long
Lengthen
(Bow…long)
Bundle
(Tree…mouth)
Quick
(Bundle…road)
Sickness
Tired
(Sickness…pelt)
Homecoming
(Spear…broom…apron)
Key
Locket
Difference
(Locket…road)
Dry
Primitive: clothesline
Sweat
(Water…dry)
Sentence
Primitive: plaid
Vis-a-vis
(Plaid…glue)
Concurrently
Dislike
(Woman…concurrently)
Hit
(Little…broom)
Receipt
Detain
(Receipt…dagger…rice field)
Staples
Entertain
(Picture a wheel of fortune that has been rigged to always show the same number)
Give
Mistake
(Words…give)
暖
Warm
(sun, claw your one friend)
春
Spring
(3 men, sun)
繰
wind
(thread, goods in tree)
返
to return, come back
(move, anti)
低
low
(person, one, family)
What does 空 mean?
sky; emptiness
(Hole, work)
What does 勝 mean?
Win
(royal we, effort)
What does 厳 mean?
severe
(small, cliff, daring)
What does 敢 mean?
daring
(below, ear, taskmaster)
What does 眠 mean?
sleep
(eye, people/family)
What does 驚 mean?
surprise
(respect, horse)
What does 喧嘩 mean?
fight, argument
(boisterous, noisy)
What does 瓶 mean?
bottle
(combine, tile)
What does 紙 mean?
paper
(thread, family)
紙
paper (thread, family)
選
choose (move, self, together)
勤
work (violet, strength)
提案
proposal (submit, plan)
験
Verification (horse, unanimous)
経
Elapse (thread, spindle)
認
recognize (words, endure)
確
Certain (stone, pegasus)
紀
Chronicle (thread, self)
散
Scatter (together, month, taskmaster)
深
Deep (water, net in the tree)
化
Change (person, spoon)
普
Universal (lined up, sun)
題
Topic (Just so, page)
宿
Inn (Roof, 100 men)
改
Reform
課
lesson (Word, fruit)
繰
to wind (Thread, goods in tree)
示
show
祖
Ancestor
(show [abbreviated], and another)
示 - show (full)
𠬝
sealed up again (seal, again)
探
grope (hand, net in tree)
束
bundle
期
period of time (that, month)
借
borrow (person, ancient)
変
unusual
捨
Discard
(Fingers, cottage)
被
suffer (cloak, skin)
瓶
flower pot (combine, tile)
港
Harbor (water, together, self)
非
mistake
常
usual (classroom, hang)
発
emission (hairy legs, two, legs)
料
fee (rice, Big Dipper)
給
supply (thread, fit)
健
healthy
換
replace (hand, brilliant)
頼
Rely (bundle, page)
困
Quandary
験
verification (horse, unanimous)
者
person (old, day)
部
Section
(Muzzle, city walls)
院
Inst. (Institution)
(Pinnacle, perfect)
絶
die out (thread, color)
飾
decorate (eat, man, belt)
殺
kill (sheaf, tree, missile)
贈
to present (shellfish, formerly)
訪
visit (say, way)
位
rank
季
season
節
occasion (bamboo, an instant)
島
island (bird, mountain)
陽
positive (pinnacle, piggy bank)
誌
document (say, good intention)
館
building (eat, bureaucrat [bureaucrat - roof, 2 mouths])
障
hinder (pinnacle, badge)
温
warm (water, sun, dish)
辟
Rule (flag, mouth, spicy)
壁
wall (rule, earth)
黄
yellow (together, rice field)
横
side (tree, yellow)
素
element (grow up, thread)
晴
clear up (day, blue)
争
contend (corner, slashed yo)
選
choose (move, self, together)
科
Department
(Wheat, measuring cup)
Speaketh
Primitive: Monkey
伸
Expand
(Person, monkey)
岸
Beach
(Mountain, cliff,dry)
値
Price
(Person, straightaway)
振
Shake
(Fingers, sign of the dragon)
Sign of the dragon
( cliff, two, hairpins)
迎
Welcome
(Box, stamps, road)
凄
Uncanny
(Ice, wife)
珍
Rare
(Jewel, umbrella, shape)
Staples
段
Grade
(Staple gun, missile)
喜
Rejoice
(Drum, mouth)
留
Detain
(Receipt, dagger, rice field)