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Colegio de Santo Cristo de Burgos Corp.: Educatio Directa Domino

This document provides a lesson on writing basic Japanese kanji characters. It introduces the kanji for person, sun, moon, fire, water, tree, gold, earth, now, and what. For each kanji, the document gives the meaning, shape, stroke order and pronunciation. It also explains the difference between onyomi and kunyomi readings and provides tips for correctly forming each stroke and character.

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Colegio de Santo Cristo de Burgos Corp.: Educatio Directa Domino

This document provides a lesson on writing basic Japanese kanji characters. It introduces the kanji for person, sun, moon, fire, water, tree, gold, earth, now, and what. For each kanji, the document gives the meaning, shape, stroke order and pronunciation. It also explains the difference between onyomi and kunyomi readings and provides tips for correctly forming each stroke and character.

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Colegio de Santo Cristo de Burgos Corp.

Educatio Directa Domino


Quezon Ave., cor. Valderas St., Sariaya, Quezon

Reading guide:
E.g.
人 : ジン、ニン、ひと = The character in red is the Kanji
人 : ジン、ニン、ひと = These are written in Katakana (angular writing). This is called
Onyomi
人 : ジン、ニン、ひと = This is written in Hiragana (cursive). This is called Kunyomi

Each words are pronounced as spelled in hiragana and katana. The characters in grey
highlight are the “advanced” reading of the kanji character but it is taught only in higher
levels:
E.g.
日 : ジツ、ニチ、か、ひ

ONYOMI
Onyomi<音読み> is based on the original Chinese pronunciation.
For example, pronunciation of 水 in (ancient) Chinese was "sui". So sui became one way of
reading 水.
In many cases, pronunciation of Japanese onyomi and modern Chinese language are
different. Because Japanese incorporated the pronunciation of ancient Chinese.
In general, onyomi is indicated in Katakana in the dictionary.

KUNYOMI
Kunyomi<訓読み> is the pronunciation of Japanese word which has the same meaning as
the Kanji symbol.
For example, Kanji 水 means water. Japanese word for water was "mizu". So mizu became
another way of reading 水.
In general, kunyomi is indicated in hiragana in the dictionary.

HOW TO LEARN THE READING?


It is recommended to learn the reading of each word, rather than memorizing all onyomi
and kunyomi of a Kanji.
For example, you should know the following general rules;
When 人 is after the country name, the reading is じん.
When 人 is after numbers, it reads にん.
When 人 is by itself, it reads ひと.

KANJI WRITING: LESSON 1

人 : ジン、ニン、ひと
Meaning: person
Shape: Symbolizing the shape of a person.
Two lines are slightly curved.

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Colegio de Santo Cristo de Burgos Corp.
Educatio Directa Domino
Quezon Ave., cor. Valderas St., Sariaya, Quezon

Start the 2nd stroke at the right place.


Don't mix up with 入.

日 : ジツ、ニチ、か、ひ

Meaning: the sun, day


Shape: Symbolizing the shape of the sun.
The 2nd stroke goes horizontal then downwards.
Create two equal rectangular divisions.

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Educatio Directa Domino
Quezon Ave., cor. Valderas St., Sariaya, Quezon

Each day of the week is related to one of 7 planets and stars in the solar system - 日
<sun>, 月<moon>, 火星<Mars>, 水星<Mercury>, 木星<Jupiter>, 金星<Venus> and 土
星<Saturn>.

月 : ガツ、ゲツ、つき
Meaning: the moon, month
Shape: Symbolizing the shape of crescent moon.
The 1st stroke should be curved properly.
Create two equal divisions in the upper half area.

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Colegio de Santo Cristo de Burgos Corp.
Educatio Directa Domino
Quezon Ave., cor. Valderas St., Sariaya, Quezon

火 : カ、ひ、ほ
Meaning: fire
Shape: Symbolizing the shape of flame.
Two short lines left and right, then 人 in the middle.
Tilt the first 2 lines properly.

水 : スイ、みず
Meaning: water
Shape: Symbolizing the flowing water.
The left part is written in one stroke.
The right part is in two strokes.

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Colegio de Santo Cristo de Burgos Corp.
Educatio Directa Domino
Quezon Ave., cor. Valderas St., Sariaya, Quezon

木 : ボク、モク、き、こ

Meaning: tree, wood


Shape: Symbolizing a tree with branches.
Start the last 2 lines from the right place.
These two lines are slightly curved.

金 : キン、コン、かな、かね
Meaning: gold, money
The top horizontal line and the vertical line are not crossed, just touching.
The two dots should be tilted properly.

土 : ト、ド、つち
Meaning: earth, soil
The two horizontal lines are parallel.
The upper line is shorter.
Don't mix up with 士.

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Colegio de Santo Cristo de Burgos Corp.
Educatio Directa Domino
Quezon Ave., cor. Valderas St., Sariaya, Quezon

今 : キン、コン、いま
Meaning: now, present
The top horizontal line should be shorter than the horizontal part of the last stroke.
The end part of the last stroke is straight, not curved.

何 : カ、なに、なん
Meaning: what
Mind the stroke order. Students tend to draw the right vertical line before the small square.
The size of the square should be proper.

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Educatio Directa Domino
Quezon Ave., cor. Valderas St., Sariaya, Quezon

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