The Complete Guide to Japanese Kanji. Kenneth G. Henshall
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Mnemonic: IS A MISSHAPEN REEL BETTER THAN FIVE FINGERS?
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L5
口
KŌ, KU, kuchi
mouth, opening
3 strokes
人口 JINKŌ population
口実 KŌJITSU pretext
出口 deguchi exit
According to Katō et al., widely regarded as based on a pictograph for the mouth . However, according to Shirakawa, the early (OBI and bronze) shapes which might appear to be the ancestral forms of this character (with a meaning ‘mouth’) are rare, and more common are instances of another graph of identical shape which instead represents a ritual vessel. It is difficult to substantiate Shirakawa’s view, though some support for caution in interpretation of the early occurrences is found in Matsumaru. Extended meanings include ‘hole’, ‘opening’ and ‘speak’. MS1995:v1:204-5; SS1984:284-5; MM1993:30; KJ1985:98.
Mnemonic: SQUARE OPEN MOUTH
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L5
校
KŌ
school, check
10 strokes
校正 KŌSEI proofreading
高校 KŌKŌ high school
校長 KŌCHŌ school principal
A graph of the common semantic-phonetic category. The right-hand component 交 as an independent graph has meanings of ‘crossed (esp. legs), mixed’ (see 128). Later, the ‘wood/tree’ determinative 木 73 was added, to clarify the sense ‘wooden shackles’. Other meanings for 校, found already in the Chinese classics, include ‘compare’, ‘collate’, ‘check’, ‘enclosure’, and ‘school’. Perhaps to be explained in the sense of ‘school’ through the phonetic loan principle, as suggested by Katō. KJ1970:172; AS2007:536, 307; ZY2009:v2 506. We suggest using ‘six’ 六 80 to help remember it.
Mnemonic: CHECK OUT SIX WOODEN CROSSES AT THE SCHOOL
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L5
左
SA, hidari
left
5 strokes
左派 SAHA leftist faction
左側 hidarigawa left side
左手 hidarite left hand
OBI
Mnemonic: LEFT HAND HOLDS THE CARPENTER’S SQUARE
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L5
三
SAN, mi-
three
3 strokes
三月 SANGATSU March
三日 mikka third day
三角 SANKAKU triangle
Three short straight lines
Mnemonic: THREE FINGERS
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L5
山
SAN, yama
mountain, hill
3 strokes
氷山 HYŌZAN iceberg
沢山 TAKUSAN large quantity
山道 yamamichi mountain trail
OBI
Mnemonic: TRIPLE PEAKED MOUNTAIN
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L5
子
SHI, SU, ko
child
3 strokes
電子 DENSHI electron
子供 kodomo child(ren)
様子 YŌSU state of things
Based on a pictograph of an infant
Mnemonic: CHILD ON MUM’S BACK WITH ARMS OUT
or: CHILD WRITES THREE THEN STRIKES IT OUT
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L5
四
SHI,