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会
1) kai, 2) e - meeting, 3) a(u) - to meet
Think of the kanji as a person sitting at a desk
under a roof. Most meetings take place in a
house with desks, ne.
英会話 ei kai wa - English conversation [only kai wa
means any conversation]
会議 kai gi - meeting, conference
会会 kyou kai - church
会
1) sei, 2) shou, 3) ao(i) - blue (sometimes
green)
Blue moon! You saw me standing alone. I saw
you standing at the bottom part of this kanji.
It becomes aoi (add the i) when placed with a
noun --> aoi ahiru - a blue duck. (strange
example but you get the drift, right?)
会空 ao zora - blue sky
会森会 ao mori ken - Aomori Prefecture
会色 ao iro - blue color
赤
1) seki, 2) shaku, 3) aka(i) - red
This kanji has done something embarrassing
and is running away with it's face turned red
(see the arms and legs running?)
赤ちゃん aka chan - a child, infant
赤道 seki dou - the equator
赤字 aka ji - red ink, in the red, a deficit

close as a man kicking the door closed
ドアを開ける doa o akeru - open a door
全開 zen kai - full throttle, fully open
会
1) aku, 2) waru(i) - bad, evil
It looks like an anvil or some heavy object on
top of a heart [心] When you do something
bad, your conscience (should) weigh heavy on
your heart
会者 warui mono - a bad fellow, someone
(something) bad
最会 sai aku - the worst
会魔 aku ma - devil, demon
朝
1) chou, 2) asa - morning
朝日新聞 asahi shinbun - Asahi newspaper
今朝 ke sa - this morning [irregular pronunciation]
会朝 mai asa - every morning
朝御飯 asa go han - breakfast [lit. morning rice]
字
1) ji, 2) aza - letter (from the alphabet...),
character, mark
Think of a young child learning his alphabet
under a roof
文字 mo ji – letter
赤十字 aka juu ji - Red Cross [ juu ji is cross]
漢字 kan ji - kanji, [lit. Chinese character]
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足
1) soku, 2) ashi - foot, feet, leg, 3) ta(riru) - to

集会 shuu kai - assembly, group
兄
1) kei, 2) kyou, 3) ani - older brother
Think of a loud older brother with only a big
mouth and 2 legs
お兄さん o nii san - big brother (honorific - it
changes from 'ani' to 'onii'
兄弟 kyou dai - brothers
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姉
1) shi, 2) ane -older sister
This kanji is made of 2 parts: onna (woman)
[女] and city or market [市] - Maybe you can
think of a connection, I can't.
お姉さん o nee san - big sister (honorific -
changes from 'ane' to 'onee'
姉さん nee san - girl, older girl
姉妹 shi mai - sisters
会
1) ho, 2) bu, 3) ayu(mu) 4) aru(ku) - to walk, to
step
The top part is to stop [止] and the bottom
means a little [少] So when you walk a long
distance you have to stop a little too
一会一会 ippo ippo - one step at a time, step by
step
散会 san po - a walk, stroll
第一会 dai ippo - the first step
有
1) yuu, 2) u, 3) a(ru) - to have, to exist, is

meaning, but is used with other kanjis
以下 i ka - below, less than, under
以上 i jou - more than, over, this is all
以心会心 i shin den shin - telepathy, mind reading
言
1) gen, 2) gon - speech, statement 3) iu - to
say 4) koto - word, expression
Sound waves coming from a mouth.
A lot of 'word' related kanji have this character
as part of the kanji - 日記 nikki (diary); 詩 shi
(poem); 話 hanashi (a story)
言葉 koto ba - word, language
会り言 hitori goto - soliloquy, talking to yourself
方言 hou gen - dialect
家
1) ka, 2) ke, 3) ya, 4) ie - house
Think of the top part as a roof
家族 ka zoku - family
作家 sakka - writer, novelist, author
愛猫家 ai byou ka - lover of cats
急
1) kyuu, 2) isogu - to hurry
When you hurry your heart beats faster
救急車 kyuu kyuu sha - ambulance
特急 tokkyuu - limited express train
オリエント急行 oriento kyuu kou - Orient
Express
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犬
1) ken, 2) inu - dog

委員 i in - committee member
会員 kai in - member, membership
社員 sha in - company employee
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院
1) in - institution, academy
This one is used for buildings and institutions
(see examples)
病院 byou in - hospital
会院 i in - (doctor's) clinic
大会院 dai gaku in - graduate school
会
1) in, 2) nomu - to drink
'To drink' is similar to 'to eat' [食] - looks like a
man on the right leaning on a bar having a
drink [By Dean]
会み物 nomi mono - something to drink, a drink
会み水 nomi mizu - drinking water
会み放題 nomi hou dai - all you can drink
魚
1) gyo, 2) uo, 3) sakana - fish
Think of the bottom lines as being water
人魚 nin gyo - mermaid
金魚 kin gyo - goldfish
飛魚 tobi uo - flying fish
動
1) dou, 2) ugoku - to move
Heavy [重] + power [力] = to move
運動 un dou - exercise, movement
動物 dou butsu - animals

放映 hou ei - televising
海
1) kai, 2) umi - sea, ocean
The 3 little marks to the left mean water and
[会] is 'every.' So every water comes from the
ocean.
日本海 nihon kai - Japan Sea
北海道 hokkaidou - Hokkaido, the most northern
big island of Japan
海岸 kai gan - beach, coast
会
1) bai, 2) uri - sale 3) uru - to sell
It is interesting in that 'to buy' also has the
reading 'bai'
会会 hatsu bai - new product for sale, sale
会り物 uri mono - something for sell
会買 bai bai - selling & buying
運
1) un - luck, 2) hakobu - to carry
In the army [軍], people have to carry many
things
運河 un ga - canal
運命 un mei - fate, destiny
安全運会 an zen un ten - safe driving
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重
1) juu, 2) chou, 3) omoi - heavy
This is a heavy village [里] because it has
1000 [千] people over it
貴重 ki chou - precious, valuable

多分 ta bun - probably, maybe
多目的 ta moku teki - multi purpose
起
1) ki, 2) okiru, 3) okosu - get up, wake up
早起き haya oki - getting up early
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Running [走] in the morning makes you wake
up
思い起こす omoi okosu - to recall a memory
一念会起 ichi nen hokki - be resolved to ...
屋
1) oku, 2) ya - roof, house, shop
A roof starts from ground [土] up
本屋 hon ya - book store
芝居小屋 shi bai go ya - playhouse, theater
屋敷 ya shiki - mansion
送
1) sou, 2) okuru - send
衛星放送 ei sei hou sou - satellite broadcasting
生放送 nama hou sou - live broadcast
送金 sou kin - sending money (through mail...)
会
1) kyou, 2) oshieru - teach, faith, education
This kanji is part of your education!
キリスト会 kirisuto kyou - Christianity
宗会 shuu kyou - religion
ユダヤ会 yudaya kyou - Judaism
会育 kyou iku - education
弟
1) dai, 2) tei, 3) otouto - younger brother

会思い ryou omoi - mutual love
思い出す omoi dasu - to recall, remember
親
1) shin, 2) oya, 3) shitashii - parent, relative,
familiar
Becoming close to someone takes looking [見]
closely at them
父親 chichi oya - father parent
母親 haha oya - mother parent
会親 ryou shin - parents
親指 oya yubi - thumb
花
1) ka, 2) ke, 3) hana - flower
Grass changes [化] into a beautiful flower
生け花 ike bana - flower arrangement
火花 hi bana - a spark
花火 hana bi - fireworks
花見 hana mi - flower viewing (cherry
blossoms)
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