Lesson 4
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IB-^bT^fc}!^   ( Kanji made from signs)
Abstract ideas which are impossible to illustrate are indicated with the help of points and lines.   Look at the followings.
Sign
Kanji 'KUN'
T
T
o o o
'7T
'ON' Meaning
1 X.
[JOU]
[GE]
[CHUU]
fc£-£v* [DAI]
[HON]
above up
under down
middle inside
big
/JN    -      /J\ *>V>-$V>    [SHOU] small
root
origin
book
[HAN] half
[FUN] divide [BUN]
[RYOKU] power
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|gEgii(D#HA3l^ (Basic Kanji)
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&Ofr%#tz (Writing Kanji)
																
-t-	above, on '   up, superior					*-lf* (3)										
]	Y	h														
																
_L(J) x.)   above, on                           _h              to go up, to rise ± (<D {?) h   to go up                         ±# (U J: 0 • T) & skillful																
T	under down, inferior					Z-lfh                   Y (3)										
—-	T	T						-								
																
T(Lfc)   under                               T($)^^>   to go down ^TC^L-Lfc)   younger                 T$0f • L*)1-&   to get off																
	middle inside					-7^ (4)										
\	n															
																
^(ftfr)   inside                              ^'iX"^^ • LA.)   the center — B "t1 (^*> •       •       ?)   all day long																
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mm																
	big, large . great															
—-																
																
§V> = A£&   big                      ^(/iV>-^<)   a university :fc#J(fcV> • -£o)£   important             *AA(£^£)   an adult																
		small, little					(3)										
J	'J																
																	
/h(-t)V^) £v> = /h£&   small                    /J\li| (£ • risfc>)   a brook, a stream /NtMl£(L «t "9 • /$?o •    *5)   a primary school    */JAA( ZLb*i>)   a child																	
	root, origin -   true, main					(5)										
	t															
																
• & <h)   a Japanese surname $(13: A,)   a book 2fcB (liA, • £o)   this day                 2(s:j£(*i^ • TA.)   the main office																
		half					(&3ÖM£) ^> (5)										
																	
																	
halfway, middle                ¥5Hl±A * ^A.) half ^((U- tl)   half a year             =^F-N5.($ A - U- - «±A) 3:30																	
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							<A,l&                *yB*      OK-to)										
&		division, part minute					h-\lh                iy /-zfy (4)										
j																	
																	
■5Hto)lt&   to divide                         fr{fo)fr%>   to understand S^"(CT •           five minutes               Ta^M^ o • <&k)   six minutes																	
		power, force ability					*>frb Vat ' (2)										
																	
																	
tii'h^h)   power                                             • \) x <)   one's real ability ^^(^ ^ • dynamics																	
	what					(7)										
	f	r														
																
what                                 fa(£A0"C"f3&\>    What is it? MA (%A, • HA,)   how many people     -f''J^(&/v • fa A,)   what year																
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2 — 2. <£<&fiA, U $ 9 ( Reading Exercises)
I .   Write the readings of the following Kanji in Hiragana.
1. ^     2. m     3. tl     4. ±     5. T     6. ^     7. B^:
8. 9. /h$v>        10. 5H*&       11. 12. #53*
13. ^ 14. 15. -b5^ 16.
II .   Write the readings of the following Kanji in Hiragana.
1. ^tUiM^trT^o B^lfO^-e-To
2. LM£^$ni±;fr^T*{±&9 £^/Lo
3. o < z_(D±.Ki$&ff&   tt0   There is some money on the desk.
4. frCOrptiZ/]^ $ \,->frl£A,tf$> Hto   There is a small bag in the car.
5. Jz£\t*fr-*r$:¥fr\,ZfrlftLtZo   We divided a big cake in two.
8. ±UT^t$      9. _Lt5*&    10. Tri**
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2-3. fr%tlA L®o (Writing Exercises)
I . Fill in the blanks with appropriate Kanji.
2.
medium
4. what 5. what book
CO
small
3. big
6. a small university
7. power
8. to understand 9. five minutes 10. to divide it in half
frt)£-t I rn   I I II I
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(Do you know these words?   Can you use them?)
<KT* 5 31^ (Kanji at a Station) >
West Gate
-> An
3t □
North Gate
AD
4^
AP
South Gate
Subway
TL
AP <-
Hi P ->
East Gate
Exit
}\i I—I
Entrance
ticket gate
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II. Fill in the blanks with appropriate Kanji.
1. inside 2. water power      3. heat power
4. half past nine
ufr i-o o i < o j: < <    u j±a,
5. what time 6. for counting long slender objects
&k   \z   uk ^ i^o k s^
7. a Japanese 8. up train 9. down train
" I?   n o
10. an adult
11. a primary school 12. a junior high school
fei ft
Li? i!o 3-9 13. the middle of July
14. a half, 1/2
15. one third, 1/3
							CO					(7)	
						&k							
16. three quarters, 3/4
17. all day long
		CO	
x k jak
zk
l>5 Dt$9
18. Mr. Yamamoto's specialty is dynamics.
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-cr
hty^M   up train
o    o -a
/•J;— A platform
<-
-c— —c-o
down train
~o-cr
Exercise   What do the following Kanji mean?
1. WL OK*£o)
2. ffiP (T:C^)
3. AP (V*^ C*>)
4. ±*) (<7>M)
5. T «t**))
6. jfcp (wac*.)
7. ffiP (KLCib)
8. ftp
9. iP
10. J&Tf: (*)Ko)