Lesson 1 [sel 2t=y kh 1 }———8#0ls&U (Lectures on Kanji) APS CERF -1- (Kanji made from pictures - 1 -) The ancient Chinese drew pictures of various things around them. These pictures have gradually been simplified and have taken on a square shape to make them easier to write. This is how the present Kanji characters were made. Each Kanji, therefore, carries a specific meaning. Look at the following picture. Guess the meanings of the Kanji characters below. 1. 2. Jil 3. AA o4. R55. Ab. A 7X 8. 1 9. Hoo. FYLesson 1 These Kanji characters were made from very primitive pictures as follows. Usually each Kanji has at least two ways of being read; the so-called ‘KUN YOMP (Japanese reading) and ‘ON YOMP (Chinese reading). Picture — Kanji ‘KUN’ ‘on’ Meaning -¢ 7 > -O-+ Ee- FA u (NICHT) sun ! day > > B-+ FL 2a {GETSU] moon month > > * > OR & ([MOKU] tree (BOKU] - i> Ww + [SAN] mountain > JI mb ({SEN]) river BAD P Wt OQ > HA I He 4 di - FA ~ fA rn [DEN] rice field XR -~ K ae (JIN] man {NIN] person -O- oO <6 [KOU] mouth > Es > Jb—Jv1 : Make every Kanji the same size and put them in a square. nw, xB AES O a Ae jopers (‘Srome) Jv—Jv 2 : Follow the basic stroke order. (1) Write from left to right. (2) Write downward. iI (3) Draw strokes from the top to the bottom as follows. = —2 tres —3 Draw strokes from the left to the right in the following order. J ill (5) Draw a square in the following way. (4) ho me (6) When there is a figure in the square, the line which closes the square is drawn last. 4 5 1 2 3 Wo oft oth wo c.f. When a stroke line passes through a square, draw that stroke last. 1 3 4 aos ae Jv—Jv3 : There are three basic ways to end a stroke. x ® Stretch * @® Hook A ® StopLesson 1 Pe Signs eonefon S RE WA KALA AvVAR (a (4) 1 NAB H(O) the sun, a day Alga (ic - £3 +0) Sunday BA(IC EA / I + tPA) Japan 3H (A> +m) the 3rd day 2 A moon 28 a7 month HY (4) Ji(2&) the moon, a month 1A (v5 - 482) January AMEE (fF + £3 +O) Monday 1 (v¥5) 2A (WD) one month 3 tree & t7 KD (4) A”(&) a tree AH (& + ts) Japanese name AWE (% + £35 +) Thursday 4 mountain RE wy uh @) Vili i () a mountain WWF (#£ + L7) Japanese name Bow (b> + SA) Mt. Fuji XIU (+ SA) a volcanoLesson 1 | wee ode KALA _ avas (ars $3) | ) | river ab /-AtD (tv) (3) » Prep JN (a) a river +4 WI (eV2S + #8) the Nile River w rice field RS-K wy (5) \_ (C0) 17/ Fa a FA (72) Al¥ a rice field HitF (7: + 42%) Japanese name WWH(®£ - 72) Japanese name BATA Tui) avcot por A man Be vy person =y (2) JIA A(O£) man, a person BAA (Ic - (2A + LA) a Japanese 3A(&A- IZA) three people uO mouth < FF) 9 car , 1. a tree 2. aman 3. a mouth 4. the sun 5. the moon L] | LI OF L * ve <5 o 28 6. a river 7. amountain 8. arice field 9. a car 10. a gate Ee k 4 bELesson 1 I. Fill in the blanks with an appropriate Kanji. 1. January 2. February 3. March 4. April 2 3 | 4 Lb Ho cro SA HD Lo ho 5. May 6. June 7. July 8. August 5 6 7 8 = Ro Bo RD LB nto 6 HO 9. September 10. October 11. November 12. December 9 1o[._} 11 12[ | < wo Ewes oO Eesns so Csi to 13. a train 14. Sunday 15. Monday 16. Thursday | we [| we |_| vu Woks OF é¢ £9 OF 17. Mt. Tsukuba 18. Mt. Fuji 19. population 20. a speciality ey ‘= mel | wl | 2K 1K BA > CG KA CA =9 tA BA 21. a Japanese 22. Mr. Yamada 23. Miss Yamakawa 24. the Tone River | |* [ SA SA Al AR cA CA PE 2k Pb & a tkLesson 2 Loe a1=y hk 1 }+——##0ls&L (Lectures on Kanji ) ADS CELBF -2- (Kanji made from pictures -2- ) Look at the following picture. Each drawing indicates a certain meaning. Guess the meaning of the Kanji characters below. 1.4K 2.% 3.46 4.4 5.5 6.4% 7.4 8.7K 9.46 myLesson 2 These Kanji characters were made from very primitive pictures as follows. Remember that each Kanji has its ‘KUN YOMI (Japanese reading) and ‘ON YOMI’ (Chinese reading). Picture — Kanji Gh” 5 op - ie > YW Ik adp als L , ele 7 atx 7 aK ~ OK we y 4 H+ ‘ te 4 + 1 Pe \ ig 1 ye WN eC No 9} 4 7 b-t- e- ta - oe ™e wlt 1 Ne 4 + a HF ~ XQ C ‘KUN’ pha 26 BAL (£4-5) Wek 3-ENS nk ae ‘On’ [ka] {sun [KIN] [Do] (SHI) [Jo] [GAKU] (SED [SEN] Meaning fire water gold money metal ground earth soil child woman female study live birth foregoing previous Usually the ‘ON YOMI’ (Chinese reading) of Kanji will be written using Katakana in a Kanji dictionary. Therefore, students are expected to learn Kata- kana as soon as possible after mastering Hiragana.Lesson 2 diy bh 2;--———#—BO&(sA¥ (Basic Kanji) 2-1, B¥OPEPME (Kanji Writings) <#(ZAOBl (Basie Strokes) > (1) a horizontal line wey CBE oo 2 ew a vertical line ab 24 OE hu, di} Lh (3) a slanting line BE x m A RA (4) a short hook 2k ay nw AK 5 (5) a long hook ee Sw) cola m FE Ts (6) a corner <6 PE BA bEL wm To wa to fk a dot and various short lines u a ata the 7Lesson 2 AUPE (> - £3 +0) Tuesday RE Wa KALa avAS mes) | K fire oO n (4) PPK | to | K(Y) fire KU (+ SA) a voleano water IK | a4 Ta fart || ae AK (Fv + CA) a rice field K(AF) water AEE (Fv + £35 +O) Wednesday Z| gold, money aia ey E | metal (a) | MNAANAIAA “PARE 7 | 84 (da) money 41H (dda - #2) Japanese name (EA) gold SMA (BA + £3-+0) Friday zt ground 26 K earth, soil a LI +£(2%) the ground HMB (E+ £3 + 0) Saturday EA(E + 1¥<) civil engineeringLesson 2 wars #yas (mit) | < Y L_ | | lt | | F(Z) LO achild K(BAR)OF(C) a girl KF P(E + b+ O8¢ + tv) a girl student iz os Cale | | woman BAG va female (3) T . | &(BA%) a woman K(BAR)OA (OE) a woman BK (PO > Ur) she 17/7] study (44-8) BDL B9- +| (8) STS 1” ae | J SRE (AS < + >) a student KE (70> + 484) a university (A> + 24) a school 18 Ua live WekS 44 birth 5-ERS (5) eer LT aes | Ltt 4() &% to live 42 (4) £ to be born Sete (CEA + AU) a teacher Sete (AF ¢ + #hU3) a student20 Lesson 2 ae a haba - He previous 7" > | && ty foregoing °°" > (6) EE Li ~~ | | ¥(S&) ahead JBAGEA © 1F) last month | eek (EA + abv») a teacher 4 re 5 private bre y A ae DECL (7) Zz Ee la la] “FH i Ae | | Bibi Lb [Questions] 1. 2AI2H RA (ZA LIU) THM. 2. 2AISA Ie A CHA, 3, 2 AIT LRA CHA. 4, 221A CTA. 2 A238 ee A CHD.Lesson 3 ELBA m 5B 3 ik (2 = . 1} 8018 U (Lectures on Kanji ) 1 & (Numbers) Abstract ideas like numbers are indicated with the fingers and other signs. Look at the following signs. “-” is the Hiragana ending. Sign — Kanji ‘KUN’ ‘On’ Meaning =~ — = — ve-> [IcHn one =~ == SF BRO IND two - Sere = 40-2 [SAN] three her 90+ C= Po to [sun four 3 eee HE > A> EF wo-9 = [GO] five ht - 9e- ji-r * ts-2 © [ROKU] six NY Uh 343 WL +: te = te E> [SHICHIT seven BXa.A- 7S at4 Ay- jL- TU > Fu 20-2 [KyUU) nine Hy a {kU] jz ar- + 4 AN 5-2 [HACHT] _ eight 4 + tb [JUU] tenaiyhk 2 21 22 23 Lesson 3 BBO SEABF (Basic Kanji) 2-1. B¥OPMEPE (Kanji Writings) RE WA KALA vas (~< or) _—| one BtE-D AF (1) —(U£)2 one (thing) —A(WE + Y) one (person) —A(v5 +280) January —4E (lo + fA) one year — | two at-O = (2) = ] _ =| | | | r | | | | L Jj 4 =(4*)2 two (things) +) two (people) | +280) February fav) tw ars = | three Aa-D wy —_| (3) Sea ] ~ oat | | | | | | — LL }— +4" | | | I | | | _L A>)? three (things) =H(&> + #) the 3rd day A(&A +28) March = (SA + BA) three yearsLesson 3 24 25 27 RE Wde KALA avas (@)2 four (things) WH (k> +) the 4th day WA(L + 2%) April me (4k +424) four years BOA (KNZA) 4 Fersones 4 F five Wo-9 a (4) Hi(V32)2 five (things) HA (2+ 2) the 5th day HA(C- AS) May HAE (C By) five years BLS. gS peesenes | six to? uy/oy- IN (4) \ J} +) 7 \7\ K(tso)2 six (things) *#AH (t+ a) the 6th day KAA(AS + #2) June W4E (4 ¢ + A) six years AIBC - $2 A) 6 peesones +e seven BED UF (2) —_— te ECR725)2 7 cosas EAGROD) 7 dia | A(L528>) julio R(LEIaA) 7 afios EAGRCA/LB ICA) 7 personas28 31 Lesson 3 we Va KALA AYAS (eK 5) eight Ro-D DF /N9- IN (2) rN | J\(®5)2 eight (things) ¥/\H(£5 +2) the 8th day AA (iE + AO) August ME(l£6 + A) eight years AB lita ¢) Yoo NAWES ITA) 9 PecSenss K nine rL0-9 2 Ha (2) HU(ZLM)2 nine (things) HB(SZO- >) the 9th day HLA (< + 28D) September RE(S 94 -Ve<) 900 HUA [Sp tzA) dF persoces: + ten te Yar Yao-/Po- (2) +(&8) ten (things) +H(é-+ 2) the 10th day +A (U3 +28) October +4E(Ew4+RA) 10 years eB hundred baa /-Exe -Exe (6) —|-— TAA L SB(C+Oe<) 200 AB(S0US<) 600 =BECAUS<) 300 AB (oUe<) 800Lesson 3 32 33 35 we WA KALa FYAR (~e FF) 4A} thousand 6 ey /-ty T (3) 4|7 + FINGHA + 2A) a thousand yen FE (5 + (2) Chiba pref. EtT(SA+#A) 3,000 ten thousand wy all, every NY (3) “a7 —BA(wb + £A+ 2A) FEA + =<) all countri ten thousand yen jes Fr BE (PA OV) Lege vide circle | yen (4) 1 PFA FI(AA) acircle, yen HPV(O* < + 2A) 100 yen BFW (C+ A+ RA) 5,000 yen year él RY age (6) EFER 4B L(EL+52%) persona mayor, viejo/a SAR V\+4a/v) afio pasado HEE(X EAA) aio pasado FHE(=+EL) este afioLesson 3 2-2. k&ANALwI (Reading Exercises ) Write the reading of the following Kanji in Hiragana. (Read vertically from the right.) ll I RH A RR tA A & BS =f 2c # & = GZ - & © WW = 8 A ® AR : wn FB ££ O O HH BF & ¢ # 4 KR EE i mW we et a & 8B & # 4& = &@ @ & F i OD th A # 208 Oo A KH 2 K F A KA t+ + # ° $ oo & 2d + 2 #H tk es 9 b6 BEB Ww = Hi | fF OB HR F H A D DB * Hob FoF SY tC F BH kK O KR Cc bh CC A a ai BG ct £ = #B rrr a KF 9 T = co oF 8 FOR b € 8§ HS + p p z 6 c mm w eo t * G A = en a, Ni SF K ° KR 4 i I. 1. ¥100 2. ¥6,900 3. ¥600 4. ¥17,000 5. 4 months 6. 8 years 7. Professor Yamada's age is 49. 8. This car costs ¥450,000. . That mountain is 2,000 meters high. . One year has 365 days. . the 3rd of March 2. the 24th of June . the year 1985 4. 03-3469-8251 . Today is Wednesday the 9th of September. . The 5th of May is Children’s Day. . The population of this country is about 60,000,00010. 22. 2-3. PEHALwHS (Writing Exercises ) Fill in the blanks with an appropriate Kanji. Lesson 3 Doin date Spe ey La HR Be WEMSeV ER LE DEIN need A WR DEV wee oh MO BR nee TO HO nee VW OEY LE DED nee oOo HEY BH DE Hee NH HR BH Pe ae jHSIn Be adky He gov so a4aX ee Ue Bw Ue mae ‘eo a RLesson 3 Q. Mo 18. 5. 1 b Ve 7 Ju z | o k L ‘ _| tv | 5 ae aa a at a a a 5 DD |> rr a | ca & ts k > ae a |s > | 75 | je c | ® a mp | » a | & 3 a L_J J L a ‘ 2 c ly oo —32 1. 5 ° g | ir 5 3 _ — Cc (x e ~) a a a > —— _| % | __| 2 2 2 ° Z a & ob | & +e | 5 13 2 _|5 ® | [ 15 Ea a» | lm jo l L_] a < 4 poo BB uN. G vu 4 & ® © < L153 43 LL [|< iS 2 . ‘ a a a a a fle S t a || L|> [fe _|> » | » 1. ¥20 2. ¥300 3. ¥6,000 4. ¥80,000 5. ¥520 6. ¥850 7. ¥47,000 8. 10 years 9. 100 years 10. one person ll. two people 12. three people 13. four people 14. one month 15. the Ist of January 16. the 2nd of February 17. the 3rd of March 18. the 4th of April 19. the 5th of May 20. the 6th of June 21. the 7th of July 22. the 8th of August 23. the 9th of September 24. the 10th of October 25. November 26. December