Lesson 6
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X>6Tf £ 8S¥ " 3 - ( Kanji made from pictures - 3 -)
Look at the following picture.   Each drawing indicates a certain meaning.
Guess the meaning of the Kanji characters below. 1- S    2. ft    3. ^    4. &    5. M    6- ^    7. J£
8. ||    9- If     10. H
Lesson 6
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 YOMF (Japanese reading) and 'ON YOMI' (Chinese reading).
Picture
	Kanji	'KUN'	'ON'
1 -	S	sb	[MOKU]
			[JI]
		X	[SHU]
I-			[SOKU]
		
		
		
<	\ 1	
/ N.
/K
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~*  5 wt
[U]
[SHI]
Meaning
ear
hand
rain
£*t [CHIKU] bamboo
[MAI] rice [BEI] America
([BAI]) shellfish
[SEKI] stone
thread
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i57vll<D£&^? (Basic Kanji)
2 - 1 . 8t¥<0 ( Kanji Writings)
																
s	eye item					(5)										
1	n	n	ft													
																
@ (£>)   an eye                                   @_h(#) • •? x)   one's superiors < •        a table of contents																
	ear					(6)										
—'	r	r														
																
If           an ear ^ #f4 (C • XJP ' fr)   study of the nose and ears (otorhinology)																
	hand					(4)										
																
																
# ("C)   a hand                                 3Mft("C • ^)   a letter • T) 4   skillful             *Tf h • £) & unskillful																
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						< A, J; ^                t^3>          < t o)										
n	leg, pair suffice					tz-t (7)										
\	n	a														
																
JS.(* L)   a leg                               J£(fc) 0 h   to be enough ~ J£ ((' •    O   two pairs																
life	rain					(8)										
	I	n	ffj	ff]												
																
M(&#>) rain M5^(^ • "tX)   rainy weather																
Vr	bamboo					(6)										
	h		V													
																
1t(£&t)   a bamboo                           it (fclt) ^i1    a bamboo shoot ttffl (fcit * £f)   Japanese name																
	rice «.    (for America)					(6)										
			f		*											
																
rice                                                   £<) U.S.A. • ^V*)   Central America																
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g	shellfish					(7)										
i	n					S										
																
MCrt^O   a shellfish VY\ÄÍ\CCO M OHO         a shell cOhoW																
	stone					(5)										
	r	r	ft													
																
5 (V-4 L)   a stone                              ííJIl (v* L •          Japanese name SÍŮ ("Č § * *50   petroleum, oil           Ifcží     • -£ ě)   a fossil																
	thread string					v* i: v (6)										
	ü				k											
																
&(v>fc) thread i&Ot'^t)   woollen yarn																
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Write the reading of the following Kanji in Hiragana.
1. M       2. TS       3. S       4. -J£       5. *       6. ^       7. ^ 8. 1t       9. K      10. #
11. XteBX-frito   fU, ^-Cllito
12. B^Ali^^r/c^fto
Write the reading of the following Kanji in Hiragana.
1. &ti£<A"9#J#£riM,>t Lfco
2. r?^^ 'J rfrct^tcfc 0 i-t0    Costa Rica is in Central America.
3. 0^(iT-7 7^'bHfft?r^V^-f 0    Japan buys oil from Arabia.
4. M^0 l±^*?X^$&$:fr& £i~0    I write letters in my room on rainy
days.
5. mZttzH^mtf&t *)±.^X~\Z$>y) i-$A,0        I am not so good at
Japanese yet.
6. <ofc 1 J££: < oT£ 4 J5Lj&*U»2 Lfco I bought a pair of shoes
and 4 pairs of socks.
Lesson 6
2-3. #fft/bLHJ>9 (Writing Exercises)
I . Fill in the blanks with an appropriate Kanji.
1. hands and legs    2. a rainy day 3. a shell 4. rice
					(D						if h					
X						0										
. one's superiors and one's inferiors											6	. a bamboo shoot				
		(D		t									CD			
if)																
. Mr	. Ishikawa			8	Miss Itoyama											
							$ ^									
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H. Fill in the blanks with an appropriate Kanji.
2. a table of contents    3. a letter
1. a purpose
4. a stamp
5. skillful
4< Ö 6. unskillful
X tffr 7. an assistant
X
8. shortage
		4				it			
£ J: 9	■f						L 19)		
. a heavy rain			10.	a light rain			11. rain water		
12. America
13. North America    14. South America   15. Central America
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ft
16. thread
17. Ishikawa Prefecture 18. Mr. Takeda
l^L   frfc> ttA
Lesson 6
(Do you know these words?   Can you use them?)
< A£<D)H¥ (Kanji used in Japanese family names) >
The following Kanji are commonly used in Japanese family names.
ffl  Oi ill  * *  *  ± T
± /Jn # s rt n m
^{tsh a village) afield)
See the following Japanese family names.
1.	ffl*		16.	#	((i^L)
2.	LÜH		17.	/J*	(citf^L)
3.	LÜ*	(*t i> t)	18.	/Mii	
4.	LÜT	(*t Ltz)	19.	/Wll	
5.	*T		20.		
6.			21.		(*> 0)
7.	ttm	itshtz)	22.		
8.	tt±		23.		
9.	*n		24.		(tH^)
10.	*lu		25.	WW	
11.			26.		(££5V> L)
12.		(&>^0)	27.	*«■	
13.	jii±		28.		
14.	±»	(i k.<r>)	29.		
15.	_hffl		30.		(/:(tL/:)
Lesson 6
Notice the phonetic changes as in the following.
O Other common family names Ex. $p/fv
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(i-f i)		(WO 9 X.)
		
	in*	9)
		(W^9)
(#>WL   a name card used for business)
Address Telephone
Title Name
Name of University and Department
L
Name of Company Department and Section