Kanji of the Year 2011

December 13, 2011 by 5 Comments

The official Kanji of the year 2011

Every year around this time the Japan Association of Kanji Aptitude Test (日本漢字能力検定協会) announces the kanji of the year. The announcement is made in Kyoto at the famous Kiyomizu-dera temple through a priest who writes the chosen kanji on a big white board.

The kanji of the year 2012 was announced on December 13:

絆 – KIZUNA

Kizuna means bonds, bonding. This kanji was chosen through an annual survey of about 490 thousand Japanese. 12.4% of respondents have proposed the kanji Kizuna which made it the most popular one for the year 2011. The word Kizuna often was used to express solidarity and support for the victims of the 3/11 disaster.

The kanji ranking second and third were 災 for disaster and 震 for shaking/trembling. Both other kanji therefore also related to the 3/11 catastrophe.

What would be your kanji of the year and why?

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Kanji Card – 停

December 9, 2011 by 1 Comment

Kanji – JLPT N3 – 停

Meaning to halt
Onyomi TEI
Kunyomi –
Strokes 11 (click on the pick to start the video)

Vocabulary including the kanji 停

Kanji Furigana Romaji Meaning JLPT
 停止 ていし teishi suspension, interruption –
 各駅停車 かくえきていしゃ kakuekiteisha train that stops at each station –
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Kanji Radicals inside 停

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JAPANESE EXAMPLE SENTENCES USING THe KANJI 停

Kanji 山の手線の停止の予定期間は一週間です。
Furigana やまのてせんのていしのよていきかんはいっしゅうかんです。
Romaji yamanotesen no teishi no yoteikikan wa isshuukan desu.
English The planned suspension time for the Yamanote Line is one week.

SIMILAR KANJI to 停

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Kanji Card – 仲 – naka

December 4, 2011 by 1 Comment

Kanji – JLPT N3 – 仲

仲

4EF2 - 仲

Meaning relation, relationship
Onyomi chuu
Kunyomi naka
Strokes 6 (click on the pick to start the video)

Vocabulary including the kanji 仲

Kanji Furigana Romaji Meaning JLPT
 仲 なか naka personal relationship
仲介 ちゅうかい chuukai agency, intermediation –
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Kanji Radicals inside 仲

Radical Radical name Meaning
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JAPANESE EXAMPLE SENTENCES USING THe KANJI 仲

Kanji 私は上司と仲が悪いです。
Furigana わたしはじょうしとなかがわるいです。
Romaji watashi wa joushi to naka ga warui desu.
English I have a bad relationship with my superior.

SIMILAR KANJI to 仲

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Kanji Card – 置

November 24, 2011 by 1 Comment

Kanji – JLPT N3 – 置

置

7F6E - 置

Meaning to set,　to establish, place
Onyomi CHI
Kunyomi o(ku)
Strokes 13 (click on the pick to start the video)

Vocabulary including the kanji 置

Kanji Furigana Romaji Meaning JLPT
 置く おく oku to put –
位置 いち ichi place –
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Kanji Radicals inside 置

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JAPANESE EXAMPLE SENTENCES USING THe KANJI 置

Kanji  花を窓辺に置いて下さい。
Furigana  はなをまどべにおいてください。
Romaji  hana o madobe ni oite kudasai.
English  Please place the flowers at the window.

SIMILAR KANJI to 置

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Kanji Card – 単

November 21, 2011 by 1 Comment

Kanji – JLPT N3 – 単

単

5358 - 単

Meaning one, easy
Onyomi TAN
Kunyomi –
Strokes 9 (click on the pick to start the video)

Vocabulary including the kanji 単

Kanji Furigana Romaji Meaning JLPT
簡単 かんたん kantan easy –
単価 たんか tanka unit price –
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Kanji Radicals included in 単

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Japanese example sentence with 単

Kanji 資材の単価について交渉した。
Furigana しざいのたんかについてこうしょうした。
Romaji shizai no tanke ni tsuite koushou shita.
English I negotiated the unit price of raw material.

Similar kanji to 単

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