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 2, |
| Get into the “Grove” of Kanji. |
| You did a great job learning the first lesson’s kanji. |
| It’s time to expand on that and turn your one tree into a growth. |
| Memorize the basic principle of joining one tree and you’ve got this kanji down. |
| Now let’s try today’s kanji. |
| Here is one tree and the other tree. |
| The meaning for this kanji is a grove of trees. |
| Now 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 the On reading 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 リン (rin), and the Kun reading for this kanji is はやし (hayashi) |
| And remember the trick that I was telling you about? Let’s look at that now. |
| Here you can you say tree #1 and tree #2. In ancient times, trees were thought to be the life givers. Considering that, one tree gave life to another tree. Then you have a grove of trees. |
| Now let’s look at how to draw this kanji. Pay attention to the stroke order. Tree 1, 1, 2, 3, 4. You have to stop here. 5, 6, 7, 8. Let’s try one more time. Tree 1, 1, 2, 3, 4. Tree 2, 5, 6, 7, and 8. |
| Now let’s look at some sample words and phrases. |
| Ta-dah! |
| The On reading for this kanji is rin. Here we have さん林 (sanrin) which means mountain words. |
| Next we have the Kun reading. The Kun reading for this kanji is hayashi. Here we have 林さん (Hayashi-san) Mr. Hayashi or Mrs. Hayashi. Since the Hayashi also represents prosperity, it would be beyond to be used as a common surname among the lords. |
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