Learn how to write and read the kanji 木
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| ひろこです (Hiroko desu.) |
| Hiroko here. |
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| Lesson 1. |
| Japanese Kanji and Trees. What’s the Connection? |
| In today’s video lesson, you will learn a simple trick that will make today’s kanji super easy. |
| Believe it or not, thinking of a tree is all you need to reach kanji perfection. |
| Okay let’s try today’s kanji. The meaning of this kanji is tree. Now we are going to have a trick for memorizing this kanji in just a minute but let’s first look at the readings. |
| There are two readings in Japanese kanji. One is the On readings and the other one is the Kun readings. Long story short, the On readings come from Chinese and the Kun readings come from Japanese. |
| The On reading for this kanji is モク (moku) and ボク (boku). And the Kun reading for this kanji is き (ki) and こ (ko) |
| Now remember the trick that I was telling about? Let’s look at that now. I need the blue pen for that. |
| So this first stroke indicates the ground and this part is the actual tree and this part is the root of the tree. |
| Now let’s look at how to draw this kanji. Pay attention to the stroke order. Start from the left 1, top to bottom, 2, 3 and 4. Let’s try it again. 1, 2, 3, and 4. |
| Now let’s look at some sample words and phrases. |
| Ta-dah! |
| The On reading for this kanji is moku and boku. First we have moku 木ようび (moku-yōbi) which means Thursday. Next we have boku 木とう (bokutō) which means wooden stick. |
| The Kun reading for this kanji is ki and ko. First we have ki つみ木 (tsumiki) which means wooden block. Next we have ko 木かげ (kokage) which means shade under tree. |
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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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