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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. (97 cards)

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大した

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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

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大人

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おとな
Adult
Noun = adult
Adj = Mature
Oh to know youth again

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了

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りょう (onyomi)
Finish, complete, end
Two barbs attached together to finish the bait. Time to fish, lets get in the RYOboat

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丸

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まる (kunyomi)
Circular, round
MA RU kya? Why aren’t your rotis round

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才

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さい (onyomi)
Genius
SAIborgs are geniuses

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六

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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

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日

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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

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木

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もく, ぼく
Tree, wood (kanji and radical meaning the same)
Imagine the tree from lotr MOcKUing you

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出

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しゅつ (onyomi)
Exit
Using the mountain radical, therefore you are trying to EXIT the mountain
Before you can exit, someone SHUutsu

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々

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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

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上る

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のぼる
To climb
NO BOy, stop climbing that

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人力

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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

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大きい

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おおきい
Big
Two big eyes O.O because they’re so big

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九

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きゅう or く
Nine

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九つ

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ここのつ
Numeral

Nine things
I have nine COCONOTSu

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才

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さい
Genius
He’s so smart he created a SA I Borg

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一つ

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ひとつ
One thing
HI TOught TSU could just make HI TO RI without us noticing

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一人

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ひとり
One person
Today, this person made HI TO RI

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子

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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!

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土

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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

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中

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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

  1. Inside
    なか
    You CHU’d so hard you knocked your teeth out
    NAKA (knock), knock let me in!
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丁

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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

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刀

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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

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千

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Thousands
せん
How many SENts in a thousand

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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)
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1. 円 2. 〜円
1. Yen えん Lid radical inside It's a change purse for all your yen 2. Yen The ~ is a placeholder for a number
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月
1. げつ, がつ (onyomi) Moon/month gatsu only for naming months 2. つき (single vocab, kunyomi) Two slots for TSU KEys
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火
1. か (onyomi) Fire Your CAr is on fire! Same kanji reading as below 2. ひ (single kanji vocab, kunyomi) The fire is HEATed Same kanji reading as sun
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犬
いぬ (kunyomi) Dog I NU dogs are evil
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王
おう King OH great king, spare me
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右
1. 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 2. Right direction みぎ (kunyomi single kanji vocab) MI GIts dem youth to school
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夕
ゆう Evening All the YOUths loitering at night
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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 2. 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
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左
1. Left さ See the construction kanji? You need a SAw to be able to get anything done (use gun as a symbol for saw 2. ひだり H for ひ and T for だ in the kanji
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本
ほん (onyomi) Book, origin, real, main Books MAINLY ORIGINATE in REAL life and you read books to HONe your intellect
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正
Correct せい, しょう (onyomi Stop radical Think of the letter "S" SHOw me what you got SExY
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玉
Ball たま (kunyomi) Look for the T, it's King TAMAr, dropping the ball again
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田
Rice paddy, field た (kunyomi) Ew, who puts rice in their TAcos
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白
White 1. はく(onyomi) Kanji looks like a phone, it got HAKUed 2. しろ (single kanji vocab kunyomi) The SHEER audacity of someone to hack my iPhone
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目
Eye め Looks like an eye
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立
Stand りつ, りゅう (onyomi) Standing tall, yo got the RIzz
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〜才
Years old, age さい Same as the reading for the genius kanji 才
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出る
To exit, to leave, to attend, to come out, to go out でる (kunyomi) We are exiting because this room is dead, it's a DEad ROom
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出口
Exit でぐち (kunyomi) Time to leave DE GUCCI store Usually jukugo words are the onyomi reading. No specific reason but sometimes "body part" kanjis will switch it to the kunyomi reading. 口 (くち) becomes ぐち because of rendaku (sequential voicing = two words form a compound, causing the first consonant in the second word to become voiced)
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天
Heaven てん There are ten levels in heaven
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木
Tree き (kunyomi) もく (onyomi) Use the key to open the door in the tree
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水
Water 1. すい The kanji looks like there is a SWIng in it. You use the swing to jump into the water. Can be typed in as SWI or SO I 2. みず I'm cold from SWIning in the water, I want MIZU soup
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小
Small 1. しょう (onyomi) Same reading as correct kanji You're too small to do this correctly, SHOO! 2. ちい (kunyomi) CHI, you're too small!
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文
Writing, sentence ぶん, もん Imagine the Hogwarts library. Peeves is messing around with the books. BONes and creepy MOaNs
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夕べ
Last night ゆうべ The YoUths are in BEd or I spent all evening (radical) in BEd
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女の子
Girl おんなのこ These are both kunyomi readings which have been learned before の acts as a particle that makes something possessive
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女子
Girl じよし
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丸い
Circular まるい
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五日
Fifth day, day five いつか ITTSU KAraoke time, since the fifth day is Friday!! Party on the weekend Words that count days use an exceptional reading. Even though this is a jukugo word, it uses kun'yomi readings for both the kanji
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五十
Fifty ごじゅう Jakugo, then readings for this word has been learned
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五つ
Five things いつつ い is the kunyomi of 五 Other reading is ご
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六つ
Six things むっつ む hiragana mnemonic is MOO for a cow. Also looks like there is a six in there
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手
Television て The TE is in the radical
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五月
May ごがつ Five + moon radical With months, がつ is used instead of げつ
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六月
June ろくがつ Six + moon radical
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六日
Sixth day むいか
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十六
Sixteen じゅうろく Ten + six kanji (onyomi)
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左右
Left and right, both ways, influence, control さゆう Jukugo, using onyomi reading
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一千
One thousand いっせん Jukugo, using the onyomi いちせん The ち turns to い
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千円
Thousand yen せんえん
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円い
Round まるい Same as 丸. reading which means circular Yen and the above as an adj represents a flat, round object
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天才
Genius てんさい Jukugo so onyomi readings. The heaven kanji doesn't affect the meaning of the word
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十月
October じゅうがつ Jukugo, onyomi
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一月
January いちがつ
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二月
February にがつ I NEED Feb to be over
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火山
Volcano かざん The 山 reading is ざん instead of さん because of rendaku
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子犬
Puppy こいぬ Jukogo but both the kanji 子 and 犬 often favor kun'yomi reading
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王子
Prince おうじ し becomes じ In this case, the onyomi reading for 子 is used
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女王
Queen じょおう
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王女
Princess おうじょ
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四月
April しがつ
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日本
Japan (sun + origin kanji = land of the rising sun) 1. にほん 日 is shortened from にち to に 2. にっぽん
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正しい
Correct Adj as it ends in い ただしい TA DA, your prize for getting it correct!
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正す
To correct Verb as it ends in う sound ただす
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玉ねぎ
Onion (round) たまねぎ
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白人
White person はくじん Jukugo
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目玉
Eyeball めだま (both kunyomi even though it's jukugo) From めたま to めだま (rendaku)
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二日
Second day ふつか *Words that count days use kunyomi even though it is a jukugo word
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人々
People 人々 = 人人 ひとびと (ひ to び because of rendaku)
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一日
1. One day いちにち 2. First day ついたち (exception to all rules) It's your first day, SU no TOUCHIng
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三日
Third day みっか On the third day, you have to give ME a ride in your CAr *Counting days is an exception to jukugo/onyomi readings
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七日
Seventh day なのか NAh, NO CAr today
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九日
Ninth day ここのか Same as 九つ
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八日
Eight day ようか YO, where is the CAr?
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十日
Tenth day とおか No way they TOWed the CAr?
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下手
Unskillful, bad at, not good へた I'm not unskilled, you're just a HETAr
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上手
Skillful, good at じょうず Joyjul that I am skilled at something
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立つ
To stand たつ "TA TA, I'm out of here" you say, as you get up to go
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丁
Street ちょう, てい
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中々
Very 中中 なかなか
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水中
Underwater すいちゅう SUIwitch on the oxygen tank, we are going underwater!
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大きさ
Size OHH, that's big

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