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穴（あな、ケツ）
Meaning: hole, opening Components: 宀 (no meaning), 八 (eight) or katakana ハ My hack: What sound would come out of your mouth if you fell in a hole? “Uwha?!” (ウハ?!) … more →
Kanji Hacks 漢字の覚え方
金（かね、かな‐、キン、コン）
lshindo wrote 2 months ago: Meaning: gold Components: 𠆢 (roof), 干 (to dry) My hack: ( Grr. These radicals are the hardest ones … more →
音（おと、ね、オン、イン）
lshindo wrote 2 months ago: Meaning: sound Components: 立 (stand), 日 (day, sun) My hack: If you had to stand on the sun, I’ … more →
草（くさ、ソウ）
lshindo wrote 2 months ago: Meaning: grass Components: 艹(grass), 早 (early) My hack: You should water your grass early (it’ … more →
雨（あめ、あま‐、ウ）
lshindo wrote 2 months ago: Meaning: rain My hack: This looks a lot like rain on a window to me. The first stroke is the curtain … more →
穴（あな、ケツ）
lshindo wrote 2 months ago: Meaning: hole, opening Components: 宀 (no meaning), 八 (eight) or katakana ハ My hack: What sound would … more →
学（まな・ぶ、ガク）
lshindo wrote 2 months ago: Meaning: study, learning Components: Something close to ツ, 冖 (cover), 子 (child) Heisig refers to th … more →
冖（わかんむり）
lshindo wrote 2 months ago: Meaning: cover My hack: it looks like a cross section of a box lid. … more →
林（はやし、リン）
lshindo wrote 2 months ago: Meaning: woods, grove Components: 木 (tree) My hack: One tree is just a tree, 2 trees are a grove/wo … more →
車（くるま、シャ）
lshindo wrote 2 months ago: Meaning: car My hack: This looks like a bird’s eye view of a chariot, which was the car of its … more →
疋（ひき）
lshindo wrote 2 months ago: Meaning: bolt of cloth, head count My hack: I agree with Heisig that this looks like 正 (correct), w … more →
足（あし、た・りる、た・る、た・す、ソク）
lshindo wrote 2 months ago: Meaning: leg/foot, enough Components: 口 (mouth), and it looks a lot like 疋 (bolt of cloth) My hack: … more →
赤（あか、あか・らむ、セキ、シャク）
lshindo wrote 2 months ago: Meaning: red Components: 土 (earth, dirt), 刂(sword) My hack: In Hawaii there is that red dirt, and no … more →
刀（かたな、トウ）
lshindo wrote 2 months ago: Meaning: sword My hack: Some took a sword and cut off the power (as in 力). Other versions: 刂 This ac … more →
森（もり、シン）
lshindo wrote 2 months ago: Meaning: forest Components: 木 (tree) My hack: Oo, I loves me the easy ones. One tree is a tree. 2 tr … more →
貝（かい）
lshindo wrote 2 months ago: Meaning: shell Components: 目 (eye), and something close to 八 (eight) or the katakana ハ. My hack: I r … more →
花（はな、カ）
lshindo wrote 2 months ago: Meaning: flower Components: 艹(grass), 化 (change) My hack: A flower is a kind of plant, so we have to … more →
艹（くさかんむり）
lshindo wrote 2 months ago: Meaning: grass My hack: The horizontal line is the ground, and the 2 vertical lines are blades of gr … more →
化（ば・ける、ば・かす、カ、ケ）
lshindo wrote 2 months ago: Meaning:change Components: 亻(person), 匕 (spoon) My hack: I remember spoon as a side view of a baby s … more →
匕（さじのひ）
lshindo wrote 2 months ago: Meaning: spoon My hack: To me this looks like a baby sitting on the floor with arms reaching up. May … more →
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