かんじ １

4000 years ago, this was more circular. But that's too hard to chisel into rock, so it got squared off.

• That's the sun!

• That's the moon!

• That's a rock!

• That's an eyeball!

• That's a box!

Practice tracing にち (day)
Remember to write left-to-right, top-to-bottom, as much as possible.

When is the sun up in the sky? During the day! So sometimes にち will be pronoounced differently.

Groups:

(a) おんよみ (Chinese-y pronunciation

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(b) くんよみ (Japanese pronunciation)

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(c) Not a pronunciation

• にち

• じつ

• め

• か

• ひ

This looks like a tree. Practice tracing it. It is pronounced き

木

Groups:

(a) おんよみ (Chinese-y pronunciation

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(b) くんよみ (Japanese pronunciation)

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(c) Not a pronunciation

• こ

• ぼく

• き

• ほん

• もく

本

Groups:

(a) おんよみ (Chinese-y pronunciation

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(b) くんよみ (Japanese pronunciation)

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(c) Not a pronunciation

• き

• もと

• ほん

What are the roots of the tree? Why, the origin of the tree, of course! This means either origin or book.

Marco Polo asked China, "What's that country over there to the east of you?" And they said, "Oh, that's the origin of the sun." (a)   ​ (b)  

• 日
• 本

”The origin of the sun" (from China's POV)

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• に

• 本

• Wayground needs three choices

• 日

• ほん

The story that creates the かんじ for "east" is the sun rising behind a tree

• east

• 月

• moon

• 東

• origin

• 本

• tree

• 木

• sun

• 日