Level 2 Flashcards
Some kanji are the same as the radicals. Although the definition may the same, the readings may be Remember that the readings may be onyomi or kunyomi.
大した
たいした
Great (considerable, important, big deal)
Adj
When something is great, you better wear a tie.
The 大 kanji had two onyomi readings
*した is the past tense of すり (to do)
In this case, “did big” = great
I have so much TO DO, SHITa
大人
おとな
Adult
Noun = adult
Adj = Mature
Oh to know youth again
了
りょう (onyomi)
Finish, complete, end
Two barbs attached together to finish the bait. Time to fish, lets get in the RYOboat
丸
まる (kunyomi)
Circular, round
MA RU kya? Why aren’t your rotis round
才
さい (onyomi)
Genius
SAIborgs are geniuses
六
ろく
Six
Cooking SIX fish (fins radical) in the pot (with the lid radical on). Roku unko! Stop her, I forgot to add the spice
日
Sun (vocab meaning same as kanji), day
にち(sun ke NICHI hai)
じつ (GEe, T(S)U readings?)
ひ, び, か (vocab kunyomi)
The sun is keeping me HEated
木
もく, ぼく
Tree, wood (kanji and radical meaning the same)
Imagine the tree from lotr MOcKUing you
出
しゅつ (onyomi)
Exit
Using the mountain radical, therefore you are trying to EXIT the mountain
Before you can exit, someone SHUutsu
々
のま
Repeater
A kanji that indicates a repetition of the kanji before it
NO MA! I can’t take it
ノマ
No and ma in katakana. The kanji looks like these put together
上る
のぼる
To climb
NO BOy, stop climbing that
人力
にゅうりょく
Input, entry
Noun
When you input things, you have to put a NYULOCK on it
力 has two readings
大きい
おおきい
Big
Two big eyes O.O because they’re so big
九
きゅう or く
Nine
九つ
ここのつ
Numeral
Nine things
I have nine COCONOTSu
才
さい
Genius
He’s so smart he created a SA I Borg
一つ
ひとつ
One thing
HI TOught TSU could just make HI TO RI without us noticing
一人
ひとり
One person
Today, this person made HI TO RI
子
Child
し, す (kanji reading)
You’re staring at the child, SHI is SO bratty
Kid
こ (kunyomi)
In fact, she’s so bratty she punched someone, it was a KO!
土
Dirt
ど,と (single kanji reading)
Looks like a dog’s nail
Dogs love the dirt
Soil, earth, ground, dirt
つち (single kanji vocab, kunyomi)
The dog buried two cheeses in the dirt
中
1 Middle
ちゅう
Imagine the straight line is a chicken wing and the square are teeth. The wing is being CHU’d on
- Inside
なか
You CHU’d so hard you knocked your teeth out
NAKA (knock), knock let me in!
丁
ちょう , てい (onyomi)
There is a T and I in the radical itself. Miss. TOU aka Chou on the streets (radical) looking for you
刀
とう (radical, onyomi reading)
Sword, the TO sound has a sword sticking out of it
かたな (single kanji, kunyomi reading)
Sword = katana
千
Thousands
せん
How many SENts in a thousand
五
Five
ご (onyomi reading)
Five, four, three, two, one, GO!’
*Reminder, all numbers (except 4 and 7) use the onyomi reading. All other single kanji use the kunyomi reading
いつ (kunyomi)
- 円
- 〜円
- Yen
えん
Lid radical inside
It’s a change purse for all your yen - Yen
The ~ is a placeholder for a number
月
- げつ, がつ (onyomi)
Moon/month
gatsu only for naming months - つき (single vocab, kunyomi)
Two slots for TSU KEys
火
- か (onyomi)
Fire
Your CAr is on fire!
Same kanji reading as below - ひ (single kanji vocab, kunyomi)
The fire is HEATed
Same kanji reading as sun
犬
いぬ (kunyomi)
Dog
I NU dogs are evil
王
おう
King
OH great king, spare me
右
- Right
ゆう, う (onyomi kanji)
Narwhal + mouth radical
Narwhals’ mouths are always on the right, at least that’s what the YOUths learned in school - Right direction
みぎ (kunyomi single kanji vocab)
MI GIts dem youth to school
夕
ゆう
Evening
All the YOUths loitering at night
四
Four
1. し (onyomi)
Same reading as child 子
SHI is just a child, that’s why she’s crawling on all FOURs still
- よん (kunyomi)
1, 2, 3 YAWN, 4
Single kanji numbers use the onyomi instead of kunyomi except 4 and 7 because し sounds like death
左
- Left
さ
See the construction kanji? You need a SAw to be able to get anything done (use gun as a symbol for saw - ひだり
H for ひ and T for だ in the kanji
本
ほん (onyomi)
Book, origin, real, main
Books MAINLY ORIGINATE in REAL life and you read books to HONe your intellect
正
Correct
せい, しょう (onyomi
Stop radical
Think of the letter “S”
SHOw me what you got SExY
玉
Ball
たま (kunyomi)
Look for the T, it’s King TAMAr, dropping the ball again
田
Rice paddy, field
た (kunyomi)
Ew, who puts rice in their TAcos