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/H^tfMi&L (Kanji Topics)
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Abstract ideas which are impossible to illustrate are indicated with the help of points and lines. Look at the following.
Symbol •		1		±		Kanji Jl	"KUN"	"ON"	Meaning above, up
•		J		T	-*	T	Itz		under, down
									middle, inside
			-					7^	large
	->	o o o						->3 7	small
		4:		*	-*				basis, book
									half
								7> 7>	division
3?	-							'J 3 7 'J *	power
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'JR4H0)§f£AJ!t¥ (Basic Kanji)
2—1   /J^"tF"^^^* (WritinQ Kanji)
(*<t?)
	1^    above, on XI up					*>-lf£ (3)								
			k											
i		r	ji											
														
														
Ju(l %.) above, on                                    Jl(tf>(;f) 'J inbound (train) _l (&) ^s"     to go up, to rise                        _l^=-( U J: 9 "f) ^ skillful, good at														
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T		under down				Ltz              <tz-% il 3-If*                   Y (3)								
."""I"""".														
														
														
~]^"(L/c) under                                         ^""f^C^'^) underground ~TT(^)^<'i) to go down, to fall                     ^jfL (If ■ I v) ~f ^ to get off (vehicle)														
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		middle inside				-V^* (4)								
														
1														
														
														
^ (7j.,#\) inside                                       —-0tf7(^£'l"£-Un>9) all day long ^^(^ i* ?      < ) = ^rjr^CC*?    ? -^"o ■:?) junior high school														
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		large great				?>f (3)								
•4-														
														
														
A (*>'     $ ^N = A £ "fr ^ge                                 w '7>< < ) university ♦ ^AC*^*') adult                               ;^t#(/^N-^)^ important														
Ah		small				I (3)								
J	4													
														
/Jn(^0 $ V. n=/Jn * "fr small          /J\J1| (fc-^Jb) brook,stream * /J       ( Z £" &) child                                       L J: l •      • I ? ) elementary school														
4		basis book this				fei:                        * > (5)								
	1													
														
^('f i ' t £) Japanese surname               2^. 0 (ll/C' U      this day 2J£. ((I /C) book                                              ^ ((i L' X /0) the main store (of a chain)														
			half				(5)									
																
																
																
																
4^(UX-£ L) halfayear                       ^^((tX,•.>:/,) half 4^ H (li^'l-^) halfaday                         HB#-^^' ^ ' l*^) 3:30																
											*>3$		OK*?)	
		division, part minute									yy/--7°y			(4)
	y			73									*	
														
														
to divide (h) ~h N     to understand										^/C) five minutes six minutes				
		power ability						]) * (2)									
		h															
		J															
																	
																	
jj(%-t)sh) power                                       7K^7 (1~^• 'J J: <) water power ^7     ( U $ •    <) dynamics                          ^C^7       'J Jt <) heat power																	
			what how (many)															
i		4		r														
																		
																		
^[(^l-) what                                          jpf^^'X^-l-A) how many people ^Sf (ft /C) ~C~i~ ^N What is it?                                 ^   * ^ X.) what year																		
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|-2   £fatiAj L Kl> O (Reading Exercises) *
I. Write the readings of the following kanji in Hiragana.
1.2^. 3.#        4. Jl       5. ~f 6.^
7- 8. 10.
II. #lt4 12.i£#      13. 14-^^ 15--t^ 16.^^-
H. Read the following words and sentences.
XL
3. O <( X_ <7)_L I-^jEl^ <£) '] J*f o  There is some money on the desk.
4. ,#.<7) + l-'JN ^5 ^ #N(3!h^lb lJ i"f"0  There is a small bag in the car.
5. £ V * y —     £ 4^ I- 3Mt i L /c o  We divided a big cake in two.
6. £ x 1 \±¥\n^B T+^o
t e
8. _hU ^TU<^t:#        9. _h^£ 10.
2-3  3&* e£ tl A* L H)> 9 (Writing Exercises)
I. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate kanji.
large
10. to divide in half
medium
small
3. large
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					Lit				
what	5	. what book			6.	a small university			
									
									
power	8	. to understand			9.	five minutes			
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H. Write the appropriate kanji based on the meaning of the word.
1. inside 2. water power 3. heat power 4. half past nine
5. what time
-ri» »j jt < ^ »; jt <
6. for counting long slender objects
<     i: l±^
							>					
			.5^			(2X						
7. Japanese (person)
8. inbound (train)       9. outbound (train)    10. adult
11. elementary school
<0\t
12. junior high school
13. the middle of July
I ± 1 tf-o Z 7 14. one half, 1/2
15. one third, 1/3
		<D					<D	
			Kit,					Kit,
three quarters, 3/4				17	. all day long			
		<D						
			IL		Kit,	\zt,	*C ID 1	
			
It,			
If
18. Mr./Ms. Yamamoto's specialty is dynamics.
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(Do you know these kanji? Can you use them?)
North Gate
<jR?fr%%t¥ (At a Train Station) >
tun
AP
West Gate
AP
rrzi
AP
a* sp to
South Gate
SUP
Exit
ttfL
Subway
IfeTi*
IE
AP
East Gate
tbp
□
1-r
AP
Entrance
Ticket Gate
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inbound train
outbound train
[Questions] What do the following kanji mean?
1. EjtfL _
2. i±JU _
3. XO _
4. ± 'J _
ml
5- T 'J _
6. _
MK't,
7. ©u _
1= L <' t,
8. itXO _
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