Popular Kanji Symbols

This page contains some Popular Kanji Symbols which you might like!

The Kanji Symbols for Prince

The Kanji Symbols for Ninja

The Kanji Symbols for Dragon

The Kanji Symbols for Demon or Devil

The Kanji Symbols for Dagger

kanji

ichi-means 1 ni-means 2 san-means 3 yon-means 4 go-means 5

roku-means 6 nana-means 7 hachi-means 8 kyuu-means 9 juu-means 10

hyaku-means 100 sen-means 1000 man-means 10000

kc says: 'kanji' characters are used to replace kana in more advanced japanese. the kanji characters are chinese
based
characters but the japanese only use around 2000 of them, there are many more modern chinese characters
kc says: the kanji characters given here are the japanese counting characters, more characters soon
kc says: to make up large numbers just add the characters together like in the example below

examples
- sanjuuichi (means '31')
 The Japanese alphabet is usually referred to as kana, specifically hiragana and
katakana. While the Hiragana consists of 48 syllables, it is a phonetic alphabet where each
alphabetic combination represents just a single sound. Thus any Japanese word can be
written in a way that can be read without having to remember how the word is pronounced.
So the Japanese kana are much simpler, the way something is written is the way it sounds.
There is also Kanji, a Japanese system of writing based on borrowed or slightly modified
Chinese characters.

Hiragana Syllables (Alphabet)

The table below shows the 48 Hiragana syllables:

a あ ka か sa さ ta た na な ha は ma ま ya や ra ら wa わ n ん
i い ki き shi し chi ち ni に hi ひ mi み ri り wi ゐ
u う ku く su す tsu つ nu ぬ fu ふ mu む yu ゆ ru る
e え ke け se せ te て ne ね he へ me め re れ we ゑ
o お ko こ so そ to と no の ho ほ mo も yo よ ro ろ wo を

Maybe you have noticed that many sounds are missing, that’s why Japanese added some
additional sounds using diacritics or combinations of syllables, the table below shows the
additional sounds in Hiragana:

ga が za ざ da だ ba ば pa ぱ
gi ぎ ji じ ji ぢ bi び pi ぴ
gu ぐ zu ず zu づ bu ぶ pu ぷ
ge げ ze ぜ de で be べ pe ぺ
go ご zo ぞ do ど bo ぼ po ぽ
 kya きゃ sha しゃ cha ちゃ hya ひゃ pya ぴゃ rya りゃ
kyu きゅ shu しゅ chu ちゅ hyu ひゅ pyu ぴゅ ryu りゅ
kyo きょ sho しょ cho ちょ hyo ひょ pyo ぴょ ryo りょ

gya ぎゃ ja じゃ nya にゃ bya びゃ mya みゃ (ja) ぢゃ

gya ぎゅ ju じゅ nyu にゅ byu びゅ my みゅ (ju) ぢゅ
gyo ぎょ jo じょ nyo にょ byo びょ myo みょ (jo) ぢょ

Katakana Syllables (Alphabet)

Katakana are most often used for transcription of words in foreign languages. used to represent
sounds, technical and scientific terms.

Katakana’s main feature is short straight strokes and angular corners, that’s why Katakana is
considered the simplest of the Japanese scripts.

a ゕ ka ゞ sa エ ta ゲ na ナ ha ハ ma マ ya ヤ ra ラ wa ワ n ン
i ゗ ki ゠ shi オ chi ゴ ni ニ hi ヒ mi ミ ri リ (wi) ヰ
u ゙ ku ア su ガ tsu ツ nu ヌ fu フ mu ム yu ユ ru ル
e ゛ ke イ se ギ te テ ne ネ he ヘ me メ re レ (we) ヱ
o ゝ ko ウ so グ to ト no ノ ho ホ mo モ yo ヨ ro ロ (w)o ヲ

ga ゟ za ォ da コ ba バ pa パ
gi ァ ji カ ji サ bi ビ pi ピ
gu ィ zu キ zu ヅ bu ブ pu プ
ge ゥ ze ク de デ be ベ pe ペ
go ェ zo ケ do ド bo ボ po ポ

kya ゠ャ sha オャ cha ゴャ hya ヒャ pya ピャ rya リャ

kyu ゠ュ shu オュ chu ゴュ hyu ヒュ pyu ピュ ryu リュ
 kyo ゠ョ sho オョ cho ゴョ hyo ヒョ pyo ピョ ryo リョ

gya ァャ ja カャ nya ニャ bya ビャ mya ミャ (ja) サャ

gya ァュ ju カュ nyu ニュ byu ビュ my ミュ (ju) サュ
gyo ァョ jo カョ nyo ニョ byo ビョ myo ミョ (jo) サョ

For a modern Katakana there was a necessity to add some sounds, below is a list of additions to
the katakana, used mainly to represent sounds from other languages:

ye ゗゚ va (ヷ) va ヴゔ she オ゚ ti テゖ tsa ツゔ fa フゔ

wi ゙ゖ vi (ヸ) vi ヴゖ je カ゚ tu ト゘ tsi ツゖ fi フゖ
we ゙゚ vu ヴ ve ヴ゚ che ゴ゚ tyu テュ tse ツ゚ fe プ
wo ゙゜ ve (ヹ) vo ヴ゜ di デゖ tso ツ゜ fo フ゜
vo (ヺ) vya ヴャ du ド゘ fyu フュ
vyu ヴュ dyu デュ
vyo ヴョ

Kanji Characters (Alphabet)

Kanji are used together with three other systems to write modern Japanese, Kanji which is a
Japanese system of writing based on borrowed or slightly modified Chinese characters is used to
write parts of the language such as nouns, adjective stems and verb stems. For Kanji characters
refers to the Chinese characters.

Japanese characters
Introduction
The Japanese use four types of script: kanji, katakana, hiragana and romaji. To Western eyes with our 26-letter
alphabets and a few accents, they can look daunting, but it's easy to forget that there are in fact two 26-letter
alphabets (capital and lower case), plus a whole array of numerals and symbols. The four types of Japanese
characters can be divided into two groups - phonetic (where the characters represent sounds) and ideographic
(where they represent ideas and concepts). Katakana, hiragana and romaji are phonetic, kanji is ideographic.

Ideographic characters
Kanji
There is not enough space here to go too deeply into kanji, as there are many thousands of characters. In a nutshell,
they derive from Chinese characters and are the mainstay of Japanese writing. The pronunciation of a kanji
character depends on the context and the characters adjacent to it. For example, The character for "woman"
appears in the words for "mother" (onna) and "my wife" (kanai). A brilliant animated basic lesson is provided in
this Chinese character tutorial.

Phonetic characters
Whereas the English characters represent sounds, katakana and hiragana represent syllables. Apart from the vowels
and the "n" sound, they all combine a consonant and a vowel, so we have ka, ki, ku, ke, ko, etc. The
consonant sounds are the roughly the same as they are in English, but the vowels always sound the same,
i.e.:

a as in bar
i as in ski
u as in flu
e as in fey
o as in fro.

The "r" sound in Japanese sounds halfway between an "r" and an "l". All Japanese words end
with either a vowel or an "n".

Ka-ra-o-ke
To-yo-ta
Mi-tsu-bi-shi
Po-ke-mo-n

Hiragana
The hiragana characters derive in form from Chinese characters but are phonetic in nature. They are used to create
particles (similar to English conjunctions) and whole words and to give a tense to a verb, among other things.
Hiragana consists of the characters below:
Katakana
Katakana is more modern than hiragana, and is used to express "loan words", words that are directly related to
foreign words. English loan words include fiancee, schadenfreude, siesta, kayak, bungalow and tsunami; it's
not a uniquely Japanese phenomenon. Because the alphabets are not identical, words usually become the
closest approximation to the foreign words:

bijinesuman = businessman
chiizu = cheese
pan = bread (remember your French)

Here are the katakana characters:

Romaji
Most Japanese people are also familiar with the roman alphabet, and it creeps into the culture, particularly through
business and Hollywood movies. Romaji is what the Japanese call the roman alphabet. Romaji is also used in
transliteration and when learning Japanese.
 First off, here's a table showing general terms

Japanese, unlike English, has terms for two steps back (e.g. ototoi, two days ago) and two steps forward
(e.g. asatte, two days from now) but I'm too lazy to include the kanji now. Maybe later.

Previous Current Next Every

 Kino Ashit
Kyo Maini
u a
Day u chi
yest tom
tod every
erd orro
ay day
ay w

Sen Kon
Rais
shu shu Maish
huu
Week u u uu
next
last this every
wee
wee wee week
k
k k

Sen Kon
Raig Maits
gets gets
etsu uki
Month u u
next every
last this
mon mont
mo mo
th h
nth nth

Sak
Kot Rain Maito
une
Year oshi en shi
n
this next every
last
year year year
year

Here's the calendar for May, 1997

The naming of the days is pretty systematic; however, some of the days have names that don't quite fit.
Those names are written in bold italics.

1997
 Getsuyo Kayou Suiyo Mokuyo Kinyou Doyo
Nichiyo
ubi bi ubi ubi bi ubi
ubi
moon fire water wood gold earth
sun day
day day day day day day

Futsuk
Tsuitachi Mikk
a
a

Kokon
Yokka Itsuka Muik Nano Youka
oka Toka
a ka

Juu
Juu ichi Juu ni Juu Juu go Juu
Juu roku
nichi nichi san nichi shichi
yokka nichi
nichi nichi

Juu Ni juu
Juu ku Ni juu Ni juu ni
hachi Hatsu san Ni juu
nichi ichi nichi
nichi ka nichi yokka
nichi

Ni juu Ni juu Ni juu ku San juu

go nichi roku Ni juu Ni juu nichi nichi San
 nichi shichi hachi juu
nichi nichi ichi
nichi

New characters covered in this lesson

The Solar System

Here's a listing of the kanji needed to write the names of all the planets (except Earth) as well as the sun
and moon. Feel free to invent your own mnemonic devices.

English Name Japanese Name Day with the same namesake

/
Sun Taiyou /
Nichiyoubi Sunday
Hi

Mercury
Suisei Suiyoubi Wednesday

Venus
Kinsei Kinyoubi Friday

Moon
Tsuki Getsuyoubi Monday

Mars
Kasei Kayoubi Tuesday

Jupiter
Mokusei Mokuyoubi Thursday
Saturn
Dosei Doyoubi Saturday

Uranus Tennous
ei

Neptune
Kaiousei

Pluto
Meiousei

New kanji introduced in this section: