The Complete Guide to Japanese Kanji. Kenneth G. Henshall
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Mnemonic: BIG MAN GETS HEAD FLATTENED IN HEAVENLY DESCENT
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L4
田
DEN, ta
rice-field, paddy
5 strokes
田園 DEN’EN rural area
田植え taue rice planting
田舎 inaka* countryside
Generally seen as based on pictographs for a field or fields divided by paths, very similar to the modern form. Shirakawa believes the original sense was ‘hunt’, and the meaning ‘field’ was a later loan use, but historical sound values in Schuessler leave this open to question. KJ1970:915; BK1957:104; AS2007:496,184.
Mnemonic: A FIELD DIVIDED INTO FOUR QUARTERS
64
L5
土
DO, TO, tsuchi
earth, ground
3 strokes
土曜日 DOYŌbi Saturday
土地 TOCHI land
土臭い tsuchikusai unsophisticated
OBI
Mnemonic: A PLANT BREAKS THROUGH THE GROUND
65
L5
二
NI, futa-
two
2 strokes
二月 NIGATSU February
二十 NIJŪ twenty
二人 NININ/futari* two people
Two horizontal lines of equal length are found in OBI; later, sometimes with a shorter top stroke, as in the modern form. KJ1970:39; SS1984:668.
Mnemonic: TWO LINES MEANS TWO, EVEN IF ONE IS SHORT
66
L5
日
NICHI, JITSU, hi, -ka
sun, day
4 strokes
日曜日 NICHIYŌbi Sunday
本日 HONJITSU today
二日 futsuka* second day
Based on pictograph of the sun
Mnemonic: IN LINE WITH THE SUN, A NEW DAY’S BEGUN
67
L5
入
NYŪ, hairu, ireru/ru
enter, put in
2 strokes
輸入 YUNYŪ import
入り口 iriguchi entrance
入れ物 iremono container
The OBI form and bronze forms depict the entrance to a dwelling
Mnemonic: BEND TO ENTER THROUGH INVERTED V-SHAPED OPENING
68
L5
年
NEN, toshi
year
6 strokes
来年 RAINEN next year
五年生 GONENSEI fifth grader
年寄 toshiyori elderly person
Interpretations of the OBI forms such as
Mnemonic: PERSON VISITS MISSHAPEN WELL EVERY YEAR
69
L5
白
HAKU, shiroi, shira-
white
5 strokes
白書 HAKUSHO White Paper
面白い omoshiroi interesting
白髪 shiraga* greyed hair
OBI