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FLASHCARDS
1 stroke
一
1. one
丿
whereupon
Variants: 乃 ⼃ ノ
丨
2. stick
丶
3. dot
ノ
4. katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
Variants: 乃 丿 ⼃
乙
5. second
Variants: ⺄ ⺂ 乚
乚
5. second
Variants: 乙 ⺄ ⺂
⺄
5. second
Variants: 乙 ⺂ 乚
亅
6. hook
Variants: 𠄌
𠄌
6. hook
Variants: 亅
𠃊
shelf
ㄋ
three
Variants: 𠄎
Note: looks like the number three
㇇
fu
Variants: フ
Note: from pronunciation of katakana 'fu'
2 strokes
乃
4. whereupon
Variants: 丿 ⼃ ノ
二
7. two
Variants: ニ
亠
8. lid
Note: see also 冖 (cover) and 宀 (roof)
人
9. person
Variants: 𠂉 𠆢 亻
亻
9. man
Variants: 人 𠂉 𠆢
𠆢
9. man
Variants: 人 𠂉 亻
𠂉
9. man
Variants: 人 𠆢 亻
儿
10. legs
入
11. enter
八
12. eight
Variants: ハ 丷
ハ
12. katakana 'ha'; eight
Variants: 八 丷
丷
12. eight
Variants: 八 ハ
冂
13. wide
Variants: ⺆
Note: visually similar to 𠘨 (table)
冖
14. cover; covered
Note: see also 亠 (lid) and 宀 (roof)
冫
15. ice
Variants: 氷 ⺀
⺀
15. ice
Variants: 氷 冫
几
16. table
Variants: 𠘨
Note: visually similar to 冂 (wide)
凵
17. open box
刀
18. sword
Variants: 刂
刂
18. sword
Variants: 刀
力
19. effort
勹
20. wrap
匕
21. spoon
Note: visually similar to 七 (seven)
匚
22. side open box
Variants: 匸
十
24. ten
Variants: 𠂇
𠂇
24. ten
Variants: 十
卜
25. divining rod
Variants: ⺊
卩
26. seal
Variants: 㔾 ㄗ
㔾
26. seal
Variants: 卩 ㄗ
厂
27. cliff
Variants: ⺁
⺁
27. cliff
Variants: 厂
厶
28. private
Variants: ム ㄙ ㇺ
又
29. again
Variants: ⼜
乂
crossed swords
Variants: 㐅 メ
㐅
crossed swords
Variants: 乂 メ
⺈
corner
Variants: ク 𠂊
丂
reach
丅
below
Variants: 下
マ
katakana 'ma'
Variants: 龴
Note: katakana 'ma' - meaning in mnemonics taken from pronunciation
丆
whereupon one
九
nine
七
seven
Note: visually similar to 匕 (spoon)
丁
block
Note: block of tofu, city block
3 strokes
千
1000; thousand
タ
katakana 'ta'
口
30. mouth
Note: visually similar to 囗 (box)
囗
31. box; enclosure
Note: visually similar to 口 (mouth)
土
32. ground; earth
Note: visually similar to 士 (samurai)
士
33. samurai
Variants: ⼠
Note: visually similar to 土 (ground)
夂
34. go
夕
36. night
大
37. big
女
38. woman; female
子
39. child
Variants: ⼦ 孑
孑
39. child
Variants: 子 ⼦
宀
40. roof
Note: see also 亠 (lid) and 冖 (cover)
寸
41. inch
小
42. small
Variants: ⺍ ⺌ ⼩
⺌
42. small
Variants: 小 ⺍ ⼩
⺍
42. small
Variants: 小 ⺌ ⼩
尸
44. corpse
Variants: ㄕ
屮
45. sprout
Variants: ⼬ 屮
山
46. mountain
Variants: ⼭
川
47. river
Variants: 𫶧
工
48. work
Variants: ⼯
己
49. self
巾
50. turban; cloth
干
51. dry; drying frame
幺
52. short thread
Variants: 乡
广
53. stony cliff
廴
54. long stride
廾
55. twenty
Variants: 卄
弋
56. shoot
Note: shoot as in 'shoot an arrow'
弓
57. bow
彐
yo = to yell / say hi
Variants: 习 ヨ ⺕
ヨ
yo = to yell / say hi
Variants: 彐 习 ⺕
⺕
yo; yell
Variants: 彐 习 ヨ
彡
59. fur
彳
60. step
忄
61. heart
Variants: 心 ⺗
扌
64. hand
Variants: 手 龵
氵
85. water
Variants: 水 ⺡ 氺 ⺢
丬
90. left side
Variants: 爿 ⺦
犭
94. dog
Variants: 犬 ⺨
艹
140. grass
Variants: 艸 ⻀ 卝 艹 䒑
䒑
140. grass
Variants: 艸 ⻀ 卝 艹 艹
⻌
162. move
Variants: 辵 辶
⻏
163. group
Variants: 邑 ⾢
Note: appears on the right side of kanji; visually identical to ⻖(hill)
⻖
170. hill
Variants: 阜
Note: appears on the left side of kanji; visually identical to ⻏(group)
丌
table
亼
assembly
Variants: 亽
兀
one pair of legs
三
three
上
above
丸
round; circle
亡
dead
Variants: 亾
凡
simple
于
from
Note: visually similar to 干 (drying frame)
勺
ladle
也
to be
4 strokes
卆
nine out of ten
朩
etc.
心
61. heart
Variants: ⺗ 忄
戈
62. spear; javelin
戸
63. door
Variants: 戶
手
64. hand
Variants: 龵 扌
支
65. support
攵
66. strike
Variants: 攴
文
67. literature
斗
68. Big Dipper
斤
69. axe
方
70. way
日
72. sun; day
Variants: ⺜ ⽇
月
74. month; moon
Variants: ⽉ ⺝
⺝
74. month; moon
Variants: 月 ⽉
木
75. tree
Variants: ⽊ ホ
欠
76. lack
Variants: 缺
止
77. stop
Variants: 龰
歹
78. death
Variants: 歺
殳
79. lance shaft
毋
80. mother
Variants: 母 ⽏ 毌 ⺟
比
81. compare
毛
82. fur
氏
83. family
水
85. water
Variants: ⺡ 氺 ⺢ 氵
火
86. fire
Variants: 灬
灬
86. fire
Variants: 火
爪
87. claw
Variants: 㕚 爫 ⺤ ⺥
爫
87. claw
Variants: 爪 㕚 ⺤ ⺥
⺤
87. claw
Variants: 爪 㕚 爫 ⺥
父
88. father
片
91. right side
牛
93. cow
Variants: 牜
牜
93. cow
Variants: 牛
犬
94. dog
Variants: ⺨ 犭
礻
113. show
Variants: 示 ⺭ ネ
Note: very similar to 衤 (clothes)
㓁
122. net
Variants: 网 ⺫ ⺳ 𠔿 𦉰 罓 罒
耂
125. old
Variants: 老
⺼
130. body part
Variants: 肉
Note: visually very similar to ⺝(month)
𧘇
145. clothes
Variants: 衣 衤
辶
162. move
Variants: 辵 ⻌
𠫓
private lidded
龶
master
Variants: 主
肀
slashed yo
Variants: 尹
⺧
whereupon by the ground
王
king
Variants: 𤣩 ⺩
卬
high-priced; expensive; lofty
开
start; initiate
ヰ
wheel around
Variants: 㐄
Note: katakana 'wi' - meaning in mnemonics taken from pronunciation
丰
ladder
Variants: 丯
巴
comma
化
change
夭
calamity
Note: very similar to 天 (heaven)
五
five
中
middle
今
now
内
inside
Variants: 內
公
official
Note: as in 'an official message'
少
few
Variants: 𣥂
六
six
Variants: 六
元
origin; original
夫
husband
反
anti
友
friend
区
ward
云
say
匂
fragrant
尺
shaku
Note: a shaku is a measurement, so used in sense of 'a shaku of xxx'
凶
villain
Variants: 㐫 㓙
勿
not
Note: visually similar to 豕 (pig)
壬
burden
Variants: 𡈼
廿
twenty; 20
天
heaven
Note: visually similar to 夭 (calamity)
龷
together
Variants: 共 𠔏 (not in most fonts)
予
previously; in advance
Variants: 豫
分
divide
井
well
5 strokes
必
certainly
巨
huge
𢆉
yen
氷
15. ice
Variants: ⺀ 冫
母
80. mother
Variants: ⽏ 毌 毋 ⺟
⺢
85. water
Variants: 水 ⺡ 氺 氵
牙
92. tusk
玄
95. mystery
玉
96. jewel
Variants: ⽟
瓦
98. tile
甘
99. sweet
生
100. life
用
101. to use
Variants: 𠂡 (not in most fonts)
田
102. rice field
Variants: 甶
疋
103. roll of cloth; bolt of cloth
Variants: ⺪ 𤴓 ⽦
疒
104. ill; illness
癶
105. hairy legs
白
106. white
皮
107. skin
皿
108. dish
目
109. eye
矛
110. halberd
矢
111. arrow
石
112. stone
Note: visually similar to 右
示
113. show
Variants: ⺭ 礻 ネ
禸
114. tracks
禾
115. grain
穴
116. hole
Note: visually similar to some variants of net, such as ⺳
立
117. stand
罒
122. net
Variants: 网 ⺫ ⺳ 𠔿 𦉰 罓 㓁
Note: variants can be visually similar to 穴 (hole)
衤
145. clothes
Variants: 衣 𧘇
Note: very similar to 礻 (show)
龸
classroom
Variants: 𦥯 𤇾
𡗗
three men
电
electricity
主
master
Variants: 龶
乍
although
圣
ground again
可
good; possible
央
centre; center
出
go out
冋
wide mouth
氐
first family
市
market
付
put in place
古
old
台
pedestal; platform
未
not yet
Note: visually similar to 末 (end)
申
say
Variants: 𦥔 (not in most fonts)
去
leave
司
administer
兄
elder brother; brother
令
order; command; good
句
verse
包
wrap
占
occupy
冊
volume
Variants: 册
召
summon
且
and another
由
reason
Note: visually similar to 申 (say) and 甲 (first)
正
correct
圥
ahead
Variants: 先
㠯
two mouths
Variants: 𠂤
旦
dawn
卯
hare
戊
five
业
almost lined up
Variants: 並 竝 亚
Note: visually similar to 並 (lined up)
6 strokes
亦
again; also
䏍
private month
甶
102. stony rice field
Variants: 田
竹
118. bamboo
Variants: ⺮ 𥫗
⺮
118. bamboo
Variants: 竹 𥫗
米
119. rice
糸
120. thread
Variants: 糹
缶
121. can
Variants: 𦈢 罐
羊
123. sheep
Variants: ⺶ 𦍌
𦍌
123. sheep
Variants: 羊 ⺶
羽
124. feather
老
125. old
Variants: 耂
而
126. rake
耳
128. ear
聿
129. brush
Variants: ⺻
肉
130. meat
Variants: ⺼
自
132. self
至
133. reach
Variants: ⾄
臼
134. mortar
Variants: 𦥑
𦥑
134. mortar
Variants: 臼
舌
135. tongue
舟
137. boat
艮
138. good
Variants: 良
色
139. color
虍
141. tiger
虫
142. insect
Variants: 䖝 蟲
血
143. blood
行
144. to go
衣
145. clothes
Variants: 衤 𧘇
西
146. west
Variants: ⻃ 襾 覀
𢦏
ten spears
关
relation
Variants: 龹 𠔉
龹
relation
Variants: 关 𠔉
亥
sign of the hog; hog
尗
younger brother
并
combine
Variants: 幷
刖
the body part and the sword
𠂤
two mouths
Variants: 㠯
合
fit
同
same
有
possess
百
hundred; 100
早
early; fast
交
mix; mixed
共
together
Variants: 𠔏 (not in most fonts) 龷
再
again
寺
temple
毎
every, each
Variants: 每
曲
melody; curve
兆
sign
旨
content; purport
圭
jewel
戌
dog
Note: visually similar to 戊 (five)
次
next
冎
gossip
Variants: 咼
各
each; every
7 strokes
系
system
旲
-
臣
131. subject
Variants: 𦣝 𦣞 (not in most fonts)
舛
136. oppose
良
138. good
Variants: 艮
覀
146. west
Variants: 西 ⻃ 襾
見
147. see
角
148. corner
言
149. say; word
Variants: 訁
谷
150. valley
豆
151. bean
豕
152. pig
貝
154. shellfish
赤
155. red
走
156. run
足
157. foot
Variants: ⾜ ⻊
⻊
157. foot
Variants: 足 ⾜
身
158. body
車
159. car
辛
160. spicy
辰
161. dragon
酉
164. sake flask
釆
165. topped rice
里
166. village
麦
199. wheat
Variants: 麥
甫
first time; the first time
冏
bright
兑
eight elder brothers
Variants: 兊 兌
㦮
three spears
余
surplus; left over; extra
Variants: 餘
我
I; myself
束
bundle
肖
resemble
8 strokes
直
honest
金
167. gold
Variants: 釒
長
168. long
Variants: 镸
門
169. gate
阜
170. hill
Variants: ⻖
隹
172. little bird
雨
173. rain
Variants: ⻗
⻗
173. rain
Variants: 雨
青
174. blue
Variants: ⻘ 靑
非
175. mistake
飠
184. eat; food
Variants: 食 ⻞ 𩙿 ⻝ ⻟
斉
210. equal
Variants: ⻫ 齊
坴
ground ahead
Variants: 击
咅
standing mouths
奇
strange
㑒
unanimous
Variants: 僉
𠦝
ten times earlier
Variants: 龺
者
person
Variants: 者
東
east
京
capital
Variants: 亰
林
wood; trees
Variants: 𣏟
昔
ancient; old
垂
hang down; hanging
Variants: 埀
果
result; fruit; bear fruit
其
that
9 strokes
専
specialist; expert
Variants: 專
臥
lie down
Variants:
爰
claw your one friend
面
176. mask
革
177. leather
音
180. sound
Variants: ⾳
頁
181. page
風
182. wind
飛
183. fly
食
184. eat; food
Variants: ⻞ 飠 𩙿 ⻝ ⻟
𩙿
184. eat; food
Variants: 食 ⻞ 飠 ⻝ ⻟
首
185. neck
Variants: 𦣻 (not in most fonts)
香
186. fragrance
Variants: ⾹
复
make the man go all day
壴
ten beans
咼
gossip
Variants: 冎
昜
glorious
臤
hard
俞
in general; generalization; generalisation
Variants: 兪
禺
long-tailed monkey; monkey
重
heavy
品
goods
畐
fill
10 strokes
兼
double
烏
crow
冓
a well again
韋
178. tanned leather
馬
187. horse
骨
188. bone
高
189. expensive; high
Variants: 髙
鬼
194. ogre
員
employee
莫
must not
11 strokes
魚
195. fish
Variants: 𩵋 ⿂
鹿
198. deer
麻
200. flax; flux
Note: sometimes used in mnemonics in sense of 'flux of time'
黄
201. yellow
Variants: 黃
黒
203. black
Variants: 黑
啇
old trader
商
trader
責
torture; blame
12 strokes
尞
complementary
曽
formerly
Variants: 曾
13 strokes
鼓
207. hand drum
㐮
six lots of clothes together
Variants: 襄
喿
goods in the tree
辟
rule
14 strokes
鼻
209. nose
15 strokes
監
keep watch
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