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

間

9593 - 間

Meaning: time, time span

Onyomi: KAN, KEN

Kunyomi: aida

Strokes: 12  (click on pic to start video)

Vocabulary:

間 – aida – period of time

時間 – jikan – time

週間 – shuukan – a full week

人間 – ningen – human being, person

Kanji Card – 時

時

6642 – 時

Meaning: time, hour

Onyomi: JI

Kunyomi: toki

Strokes: 10

Vocabulary:

時々 – tokidoki – sometimes

時間 – jikan – time

時計 – tokei – clock, watch