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6 T § fc/H? -3- (Kanji from Pictures -3-)
Look at the following picture. Each drawing indicates a certain meaning.
		
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Guess the meanings of the kanji characters below. l.>6 2.ff 3.# 4.#
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Lesson 6
These kanji characters developed from very primitive pictures as following.
Picture					Kanji	"KUN"	"ON"	Meaning
				-	@			eye
| -							>	ear
						T	~> it	hand
						h L	V 7	leg
								rain
								bamboo
						z **>	-7 A <4	rice
	//) -*	8-	§			7jn *		shellfish
	O						■fe*	stone
		ft-						thread
Lesson 6
.................s£6U<D%&A,M¥ (Basic Kanji)
."t   /H1?^^ % tfitz (Writing Kanji) ■
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m		eye item				ah ^7 (5)										
I i			Ft		rb											
1			n													
																
																
Q _Jl(*tc "5 X.) one's superiors                      § (*!)) eye § ~~[^ (*I> * L /r) one's subordinates                  §      (& < • 11) table of contents																
		ear				(6)										
	1															
	1:		i	i												
																
																
J]-ear C • If' fr) otolaryngology																
		hand person				(4)										
																
																
																
																
■^-(T) hand                                              Iffc^-O* L H>) singer ^&&(? ■         letter                                * _h^- ( H J: ? "f) ^ skilled, good at																
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£.		leg, pair suffice				(V)									
	rP		xp												
				1	r										
															
															
')      to be sufficient                                  I) leg, foot J^(?:)~f toadd                                        JZ./|_ 0-" ^-<) two pairs															
* ~. rain					(8)								
—	* .....	n	m	m	m								
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pf| (* <>6) rain                                            ^^(9 -XL) rainy weather ^ji}?!        • fatti) heavy rain													
bamboo tT					/bit (^7) (6)								
					it								
													
bamboo                                     ^(/■-    tf) ^- ( - ) bamboo shoot rB (/i 11' /c) Japanese surname													
rice VrV America							-<>f (6)										
						if	i										
																	
																	
																	
rice                                            TrtHK^^-^ <) the U.S.A. ^ff^fv ( L h • i Iv) new rice, novice                 ^     ( ^> * 7 '   1 x) Central America																	
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Ä		shellfish				(7)														
i	n				s	@	•Ě													
																				
																				
																				
JIOJhO shellfish |x(^0^"b shell																				
		stone									4r +		(5)
	■7		..7t-..										
													
													
													
^ (v ^ L) stone ^5 V\ (l * L ' ^N^0 Japanese surname								/6     ("tť í • ľJ>) petroleum, oil ifcfc fossil					
		thread				(Ó)											
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thread ^^0t-^£) (knitting) wool																	
Lesson 6
2-2   <fc «fr tl A L Kb 9 (Reading Exercises).....•.............•.....••...............
I . Write the readings of the following kanji in Hiragana.
6.^        7.^        8.^*        9.^ 10.tR II. Read the following sentences.
2. 17 X      'J 7^7 Ü I-<£> 'J i"^"o  Costa Rica is in Central America.
3. 0 ^ Ii ^     i? T "7 tl T ^ b £ ^ N i "t" o  Japan buys oil from Saudi
Arabia.
4. fltt <7) 0 (i ~C^T%j&, ^ ^N ^ i      o   On rainy day, I write letters in my room.
5. J^lii/cS^.^^*i U-t^TÜ&'J i "tf/Co I am still not very good
at Japanese.
6. <0£l/fL£<0"F£ 4 jSL^H N £ L/co   I bought a pair of shoes and 4
pairs of socks.
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Lesson 6
>.3  1?% ft A- U ff> O (Writing Exercises)
I. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate kanji.
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II. Write the appropriate kanji based on the meaning of the word
1. purpose
2. table of contents        3. letter
5. good at
	
i: x i-f	
heavy rain	
	
	
America	
	a
	
thread	
ft
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t < i:
6. bad at
	
light rain	
	
13. North America
4. postage stamp
7. assistant
Jo T shortage
l: J: L 11. bamboo shoot
<r>
14. South America        15. Central America
17. Ishikawa Prefecture
18. Mr./Ms. Takeda
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frh tt^
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Lesson 6
(Do you know these kanji? Can you use them?) <A£>£h5 (Names) >
The following kanji are commonly used in Japanese family names.
ffl   ih   n\        ^   +   ± T
* Ah ^ 7a ft # *
^ (village)       If^ (field)
Study the following Japanese	surnames.	
1. ffl^7 tz +£fr		21-# t 'J
2. iX/S	12.	22.^^
3. ^ ± t £	13jl|Jl	23. itm frte tz
4. ihT	14. Jiff	24. frti z
	is. _hffl 7 k tz	25.^J1| i. * L t>sfc>
6-	16.^ UK	26. j^fc
£Jb tz	17. /]\$L Z li'K	27. ±ft
	18./J\J_| Z <>£	t:i1 tz
	i9. /JnJ1|	29. *ft rf* tzH^tl-
10. ^lL,	20. /]\ff	3o.ttT tz It L tz
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Lesson 6
Notice the phonetic changes as in the following.
;i| &h) + © (A)
♦ Other common family names:
ex. I^tK
■t-f t
am
-t -t
"^T^fesP'J (Business card)
Telephone
Name of Company
Department and Section