1* V \,\ o ip C frA IS X yy - > man, person o -* D < *> mouth $ E 1 ♦ vehicle, wheel -t y gate ^ ( ) reading is rarely used. When a single kanji is used as a word, we usually read it by its "KUN YOMI (=KUN, Japanese reading)", which gives its meaning. When one kanji is used together with another to make a word, we often read them by their "ON YOMI (=ON, Chinese reading)". Generally speaking, however, the way of reading a kanji should be decided according to each individual word. 19 R0>£t^9t¥ (Basic Kanji) 2 *| ;J|££<7)J&* c£ A* tz (Writing Kanji) <%\%h,(D)\/ — to (Basic Rules) > Rule 1: Make every kanji the same size and balanced within a square. Example. X 0 at 1 O 2 w s ■IS. Rule 2: Follow the basic stroke order. (1) Write from left to right. ^ (2) Write downward. j (3) Draw strokes from the top to the bottom as follows. (4) Draw strokes from the left to the right in the following order, j j j I (5) Draw a square in the following way. 12 3 1 Pi U (6) When there is a figure in the square, the line which closes the square is drawn last. 11 rH nil w m cf. When a stroke line passes through a square, draw that stroke last. 12 3 4 u n] p ^ Rule 3: There are three basic ways to end a stroke. (!) Stop (2) Stretch (3) Hook *>3 0Kt3) 0 sun day 1 n R H 0 O) the sun, day 0 Bg 0 (IC t> ■ Jt ? • tf) Sunday 3 0 (<& o • N) the 3rd day, three days Q ^^(t" • (3/^ /1Z o • (£X) Japan moon month ffV (4) J* I n (o £ ) the moon, month 1 o ) ^ (If'?) one month Bg Q (If o • Jt n • £/) Monday 1 (^ £> • January tree $ ^7 t TN tree ^Bg 0 (t < • J; 9 • tf) Thursday ^K't^j" ( * ' £> b) Japanese surname jfc. 7^ ( £' I £ O civil engineering mountain (3) i d L l_U i ) mountain tbÜ-f l> --O Mt. Fuji f^" (K* i • L tz) Japanese surname ]_L/ (t^- ^5 AS) volcano (*> i • fz) Japanese surname iB^ifz-ti: jJO Japanese surname 7J>E3 ("f ^ • TX) rice field A person -V (2) / ) Js^(V'il) person 0 ^.^(^(IC • (i/^- C L) Japanese (person) * 1 y^(^^'J) oneperson 3A(^',:^) three people mouth (3) U ( < %) mouth tfc U (T- C t>) exit U • <"*>) entrance J^^J (11 L' Z l) population <>i,«J:# *>3$ (*<*5) vehicle wheel < -5 $ v -v (7) .1...... ..rTJ-. eta J t T x ! r " j|l ( < 4 t) car, wheel l]£ jp. (TX • L *>) train ]=§ l|fyipL ( C • £' 9 • L ) car, automobile 7-fcip- ("t ^N' L ^) waterwheel n gate (8) 1 P P m p n p pa 1 1 1 1 \\ 1 r n gate ^.f*\(*£L't>L) specialty i_2 <£ ^ ft A/ L/ Kt> "9 (Reading Exercises)......................... I, Write the readings of the following kanji in Hiragana. 2. ^ 3. jg 4. h 5. a 6. a 7. U s. ih 9. jl| io. BB ii. An 12. Jjffl^A 1. Read the following words and sentences. 1. BlfH 2. ^HfH 3. TtvBlS 4. Jt? J: 7 J:-) IJX 5. ^ J: 7 (i 3 ^ 150 T~f o Today is the 15th of March. 6. ^)<7)^v(ilJ-/^| ^5 /^TTo That man over there is Mr./Ms. Yamakawa. 7. ub Jl| "J /_/ (i S ^A. ~C"f~ o Mr./Ms. Yamakawa is a Japanese. 8. <£> <7) ub [ i ^ >Jt T"t" o That mountain over there is Mt. Tsukuba. 9. Z t° 3. — ^ — Tto Mr./Ms. Kawada's specialty ML computer science. 2-3 c£ tl A> L t$> 0 (Writing Exercises) I . Fill in the blanks with the appropriate kanji. 1. tree 2. person 3. mouth 4. the sun 5. the moon 6. river 7. mountain 8. rice field frh /c 9. car 10. gate 8 H Write the appropriate kanji based on the meaning of the word 1. January 2. February 3. March / 5. May 5 9. September 9 13. train TX L * 16. Thursday 2 6. June 6 4. April 4 5 ^ 7. July 7 8. August 2 10. October 11. November Ii t, t < If i: 19. population 20. specialty 21. Japanese (person) # ox 22. Mr./Ms. Yamada 23. Mr./Ms. Yamakawa 24. the Tone River m t-: to