Kanji Card – 午

午

5348 - 午

Meaning:noon

Onyomi: GO

Kunyomi:

Strokes: 4  (click on the pic to start the video)

Vocabulary:

午後 – gogo -afternoon

午前 – gozen – morning

Kanji Card – 後 – ato

後

5F8C - 後

Meaning:after, later, back, stay behind

Onyomi: GO, KOU

Kunyomi: ato, okure(ru), nochi

Strokes: 9  (click on the pic to start the video)

Vocabulary:

後 – ato – later

後ろ – ushiro – back, rear, behind

午後 – gogo – afternoon

最後 – saigo – last

Kanji Card – 前 – mae

前

524D - 前

Meaning:before

Onyomi: ZEN

Kunyomi: mae

Strokes: 9  (click on the pic to start the video)

Vocabulary:

前年 – zennen – last year

名前 – namae – name

午前 – gozen – morning, a.m.

Kanji Card – 年

年

5E74 - 年

Meaning:year

Onyomi: NEN

Kunyomi: toshi

Strokes: 6  (click on the pic to start the video)

Vocabulary:

一年 – ichinen – one year

今年 – kotoshi – this year

Kanji Card – 生

生

751F – 生

Meaning:to live, to grow, be born, raw

Onyomi: SEI, SHOU

Kunyomi: i(kiru), u(mu), ha(yasu), nama, ki

Strokes: 5  (click on pic to start video)

Vocabulary:

生 – nama – pure, undiluted, raw, crude

学生 – gakusei – student

誕生日 – tanjoubi – birthday

生まれる – umareru – to be born

生きる – ikiru – to live, to exist