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Chinese Japanese Water Sino 漢 China Kanji Japan

Kanji
Onyomi カン
Nanori はん
English Sino-, China
Examples 漢字(かんじ): Chinese characters; kanji
漢語(かんご): Chinese word; Sino-Japanese word
漢和(かんわ): (1) China and Japan (2) Chinese and Japanese (languages) (3) Chinese Character-Japanese dictionary
JLPT Level 4
Jouyou Grade 3
Frequency 1487
Components 水: water
艸: grass; plants; grass radical (no. 140)
口: mouth
夫: husband; man
Number of Strokes 13
Kanji Radical
Radical Number 85
Radical Strokes 4
Radical Reading みず・したみず・さんずい
Traditional Form
Classification 形声 Phonetic
Keyword Sino-
Koohii Story 1 Sino- (Chinese) people had to put a lot of sweat/water into learning the kanji. For right-hand kanji primitive - The dumb Western husband of a Japanese woman buys her flowers to apologise, after he opened his big mouth and said "kanji are a stupid writing system"..
Koohii Story 2 In the water between Japan and China, the Sino- side has put scarecrows in the water to try and keep the Japanese away.

Tags: jlpt.n4, grade3, kanjifreq1001-1500, kanji_people_role.status

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