Lesson 1
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7L   6 T' c* fc3t¥ - 1 - (Kanji made from pictures - 1 -)
The ancient Chinese drew pictures of various things around them. These pictures have gradually been simplified and have taken on a square shape to make them easier to write. This is how the present Kanji characters were made.   Each Kanji, therefore, carries a specific meaning.
Look at the following picture.
Guess the meanings of the Kanji characters below.
1 - UU   2- ill    3. BB   4. yfv .5. B    e.. M    7- A
8. P    9. $ 10.
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These Kanji characters were made from very primitive pictures as follows. Usually each Kanji has at least two ways of being read; the so-called 'KUN YOMI' (Japanese reading) and 'ON YOMI' (Chinese reading).
Picture \ t y
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- )l| -
- ffl -
A~ A -
- S- -
-R- PI
Kanji
H
Oj ju ffl A □
•KUN'
'ON'
[NICHI]
[GETSU]
[MOKU] [BOKU]
[SAN]
[DEN]
[JIN] [NIN]
[KOU] [SHA]
Meaning
sun day
moon month
tree
mountain
( [SEN] ) river
rice field
man person
mouth car
[MON] gate ^ (     ) reading is rarely used.
When a single Kanji is used alone as a word, we usually read it by its 'KUN YOMI' (Japanese reading) which gives its meaning. When Kanji are used together with other Kanji to make a word, we often read them by their 'ON YOMI' (Chinese reading). Generally speaking, however, the way of reading Kanji should be decided according to each individual word.
Lesson 1
7h2
(Basic Kanji)
1. 3P?<D ( Kanji Writings)
<§(JA(D^-^ (Basic Rules) >
JI/—JU 1 : Make every Kanji the same size and put them in a square.
a jMIs- o a ^
Jl/—J\/ 2   Follow the basic stroke order, (l) Write from left to right. r
(2) Write downward.
(3) Draw strokes from the top to the bottom as follows.
-1 2 -3
(4) Draw strokes from the left to the right in the following
order.
123,
I
(5) Draw a square in the following way.
I 2—, 3
II m Q
(6) When there is a figure in the square, the line which closes
the square is drawn last.
1 2
Ii     rP   [HI   ffl ffl
c.f. When a stroke line passes through a square, draw that stroke last.    i 2 3 i      i_ L
Jl—Jl/3 '. There are three basic ways to end a stroke.
CD Stop
(D Stretch
Hook
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		sun day										(-V7)				(4)	
i	n		H	a								■					
																	
B (£>) the sun, a					day o • täX) Japan				BBgB(K*> -       • t/) Sunday 3 B (* o • ri*) the 3rd day								
		moon month					(4)										
	n																
																	
("^^) the moon, a month                 1 ^ (v^*> • #*o) January J!ISB (»fo • J $ • tf) Monday           1 (v»o)*\H Ofo) one month																	
	tree					(4)										
—-																
																
^fc(^) a tree                                   ^tt(^ * tsh) Japanese name *BgH (t> < • J; 9 * V) Thursday																
	mountain					^2 (3)										
1	uL															
																
ÜÜ^S) a mountain                          |ilT(-^t • Ltz) Japanese name s±lljU> • t • 2 A,) Mt. Fuji            'Xttlifr • £X) a volcano																
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)l		river					(3)										
			)l					■									
																	
Jl| (frt>) a river 1~4 ;WH (&V>ä •         the Nile River																	
		rice field					(5)										
1	n		m														
																	
EElCfc)^? a rice field                      B3(/i •         Japanese name lijBa(^ä */i) Japanese name            ffl j}< [Z\      i) ^^.t, .....c<-....v.																	
		man person					-y (2)										
y	A																
																	
A(^«t) man, a person                       B^AO- • tä/v • DA.) a Japanese 3 A(%A, * t-A,) three people																	
n		mouth					(3)										
	n		D														
																	
□ (<*>) a mouth                              ffiP ("C • C*>) an exit An(l/^ • <""*■>) an entrance              AP(CA • population																	
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Ji		car					<Z>t                      v + (7)										
			n				i-										
																	
a car                                           **("CA • L*) a train gU^:([: -        • L*) a car, an automobile																	
n		gate					(8)										
i	r		r	p	F1	PI	PI	F^									
																	
PI (& A) a gate • i> A,) a speciality																	
2 — 2 . cfcg^tx/L U t» 9, ( Reading Exercises)
I.   Write the reading of the following Kanji in Hiragana.
1. *      .        2. M 3. M 4. PI 5. 0
6. A 7. □ 8. UJ 9. Jll 10. ffl
11. An        12. Ill ffl £A
II .   Write the reading of the following Kanji in Hiragana.
1. 0 H 0      2. M M B      3. * BI 0      4. 0*
5. ^Hli3^15B -Cfo   Today is the 15th of March.
6. &<7)A{iLLlJII £ A"C"t"o   That man over there is Mr. Yamakawa.
7. LUJll £A,{iB#A"Cl-0 Mr. Yamakawa is a Japanese.
8. h<7)\l}&%M\U-?:to    That mountain over there is
Mt. Tsukuba.
9. Z<D)\UtmWnX-tQ    This river is the Tone River.
10. Ji| ffl $ A^gFUi^trto    Mr. Kawada's specialty is cars.
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2-3. # t fl A, L m> 9 (Writing Exercises)
I . Fill in the blanks with an appropriate Kanji.
1. a tree 2. a
man
3. a mouth       4. the sun        5. the moon
6. a river 7. a mountain   8. a rice field   9. a
car 10. a gate
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II. Fill in the blanks with an appropriate Kanji.
1. January
1
5. May
5
9. September
9
13. a train
fir
TA,   L ^ 17. Mt. Tsukuba
2. February
2
6. June
6
5< #o 10. October
1 0
£ (?) 9
14. Sunday
Bf
Ii* <£ 9 CK 18. Mt. Fuji
3. March
7. July 7
L* #o 11. November
1 1
£«b9l^ tfl
15. Monday
19. population
4. April
4
8. August
8
li* #o 12. December
1 2
£ 15» 9 I- #0
16. Thursday
20. a speciality
A-Ar					±									
														
. a Japanese			22	. Mr. Yamada				23	. Miss Yamakawa 24. the Tone River					
														
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