Learn how to write and read the kanji 話
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| ひろこです (Hiroko desu.) |
| Hiroko here. |
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| Lesson 22. |
| The Story of Kanji. |
| This Japanese kanji video lesson shows the right way to draw and pronounce the kanji that means to talk or a story. |
| Okay let’s draw the kanji for this lesson. The meaning of this kanji is a story or to talk. |
| We are going to have a trick for memorizing this kanji in just a minute but let’s first look at the readings. |
| Remember there are two readings in Japanese kanji? One is 音読み (on'yomi) the On reading, the other one is 訓読み (kun'yomi) the Kun reading. Long story short, the On reading comes from Chinese and the Kun reading comes from Japanese. |
| Now let’s look at the On reading for today’s kanji. The On reading for this kanji is ワ (wa). The Kun reading for this kanji is はなし (hanashi) or はな (hana) as in はなす (hanasu). |
| Now remember the trick that I was telling you about? Let’s look at that now. I need a green pen. |
| This left part indicates the kanji for to say. The right part indicates the tongue. So to say with your tongue, you tell a story and you speak. |
| Okay now let’s look at how to draw this kanji. Pay attention to the stroke order. Start from the left 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13. Let’s try it one more time 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, the tongue 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13. |
| Now let’s look at some sample words. |
| Ta-dah. |
| The On reading for this kanji is wa . Here we have しんわ (shinwa). This means a myth. |
| The Kun reading for this kanji is はな (hana) as in はなす (hanasu). This word means to talk. Next we have はなし (hanashi) this word means a story. |
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| Thank you for watching ありがとうございました (Arigatō gozaimashita.) . |
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