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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
丩
connect
ユ
katakana 'yu'
Note: from pronunciation of katakana 'yu'
乃
4. whereupon
Variants: 丿 ⼃ ノ
二
7. two
Variants: ⼆ 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)
𠘨
16. table
Variants: 几
Note: visually similar to 冂 (wide)
凵
17. open box
刀
18. sword
Variants: 刂
刂
18. sword
Variants: 刀
力
19. effort
Variants: ⼒
勹
20. wrap
匕
21. spoon
Note: visually similar to 七 (seven)
匚
22. side open box
Variants: 匸
匸
23. side open box
Variants: 匚
十
24. ten
Variants: ⼗ 𠂇
𠂇
24. ten
Variants: 十 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 ㇺ ㄙ
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
万
10,000
Variants: 萬
刃
blade
才
genius
及
amount to
之
of
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
夊
35. go slowly
Variants: ⼢
夕
36. night
大
37. big
女
38. woman; female
Variants: ⼥
子
39. child
Variants: 孑 ⼦
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
尢
43. lame
Variants: 冘 ⼪ ⺏ ⺑
尸
44. corpse
Variants: ㄕ
屮
45. sprout
Variants: 屮 ⼬
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
乡
52. short thread
Variants: 幺
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
彑
58. snout (of a pig)
Variants: ⺔
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
习
yo = to yell / say hi
Variants: 彐 ヨ ⺕
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)
巛
wavy river
Variants: 巜 ⼮
丌
table
亼
assembly
Variants: 亽
兀
one pair of legs
乇
Mo, as if name of person (from similarity to katakana モ = mo)
Variants: モ
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
升
measure
太
fat
不
not
匹
counter for animals
屯
barracks
夬
decide
亢
high spirits
尤
plausible
氶
water ma
卆
nine out of ten
朩
etc.
冘
43. lame
Variants: 尢 ⼪ ⺏ ⺑
心
61. heart
Variants: ⺗ 忄
⺗
61. heart
Variants: 心 忄
戈
62. spear; javelin
戸
63. door
Variants: 戶
戶
63. door
Variants: 戸
手
64. hand
Variants: 龵 扌
支
65. support
攵
66. strike
Variants: 攴
攴
66. strike
Variants: 攵
文
67. literature
斗
68. Big Dipper
斤
69. axe
方
70. way
Variants: ⽅
无
71. not, nothing
Variants: 無
旡
71. not, nothing
Variants: 无
日
72. sun; day
Variants: ⺜ ⽇
曰
73. it is said
月
74. month; moon
Variants: ⺝ ⽉
⺝
74. month; moon
Variants: 月 ⽉
木
75. tree
Variants: ホ ⽊
ホ
75. katakana 'ho'; tree
Variants: 木 ⽊
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
毌
80. mother
Variants: 母 ⽏ 毋 ⺟
比
81. compare
毛
82. fur
氏
83. family
气
84. steam
水
85. water
Variants: ⺡ 氺 ⺢ 氵
火
86. fire
Variants: ⽕ 灬
灬
86. fire
Variants: 火 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
爻
89. divination
Variants: ⽘
爿
90. left side
Variants: ⺦ 丬
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)
⺳
122. net
Variants: 网 ⺫ 𠔿 𦉰 罓 㓁 罒
㓁
122. net
Variants: 网 ⺫ ⺳ 𠔿 𦉰 罓 罒
罓
122. net
Variants: 网 ⺫ ⺳ 𠔿 𦉰 㓁 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
尹
slashed yo
Variants: 肀
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
午
noon
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)
弔
mourn
壬
burden
Variants: 𡈼
廿
twenty; 20
天
heaven
Note: visually similar to 夭 (calamity)
龷
together
Variants: 共 𠔏 (not in most fonts)
允
license
予
previously; in advance
Variants: 豫
分
divide
井
well
5 strokes
旧
former
Variants: 舊
左
left
永
long time
本
book
布
cloth
必
certainly
史
history
奴
guy
広
broad
Variants: 廣
失
lose
巨
huge
代
replace
丙
third
甲
first
丘
hill
平
flat
弗
dollar
尓
small man
Variants: 尔
朮
dotted ho
Variants: 术
㕣
eight mouths
𠬝
sealed up again
厉
10,000 cliffs
Variants: 厲
𢆉
yen
氷
15. ice
Variants: ⺀ 冫
歺
78. death
Variants: 歹
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
⺪
103. roll of cloth
Variants: 疋 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
㐱
furry man
冋
wide mouth
夗
at night you seal
Variants: 夘
氐
first family
市
market
Variants: 巿
加
add
半
half
付
put in place
古
old
右
right
Note: visually similar to 石
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)
丗
thirty
6 strokes
全
every
吉
good luck
壮
manly
Variants: 壯
式
ceremony
成
become
因
cause
充
allot
列
row
争
contend
Variants: 爭
朿
thorn
亦
again; also
劦
3x the effort
䏍
private month
㓞
the master with the sword
戍
protection
瓜
97. melon
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: 罐 𦈢
网
122. net
Variants: ⺫ ⺳ 𠔿 𦉰 罓 㓁 罒
羊
123. sheep
Variants: 𦍌 ⺶
𦍌
123. sheep
Variants: 羊 ⺶
⺶
123. sheep
Variants: 羊 𦍌
羽
124. feather
老
125. old
Variants: 耂
而
126. rake
耒
127. plow; plough
耳
128. ear
Variants: ⽿
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
艸
140. grass
Variants: ⻀ 卝 艹 䒑 艹
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
襾
146. west
Variants: 西 ⻃ 覀
𠂢
tributary
𢦏
ten spears
关
relation
Variants: 龹 𠔉
龹
relation
Variants: 关 𠔉
兴
thriving
产
standing on the cliff
亥
sign of the hog; hog
尗
younger brother
并
combine
Variants: 幷
屰
grass sprout
弜
-
刖
the body part and the sword
氽
the water man
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
朱
scarlet
此
this
圭
jewel
亘
extend
Variants: 亙
戌
dog
Note: visually similar to 戊 (five)
次
next
冎
gossip
Variants: 咼
各
each; every
7 strokes
吾
I; myself
呂
spine; ロ sound
告
announce
Variants: 吿
売
sell
Variants: 壳 賣 𧶠
廷
court
男
male
利
effective
秀
excellent
求
request
折
break
君
you
孝
filial piety
系
system
呉
give
Variants: 吳 吴
呆
amazed
夹
between
Variants: 夾
坐
sit
㐬
private lidded river
孚
nourishment
攸
the man with the stick strikes
夆
resist
旲
-
臣
131. subject
Variants: 𦣞 (not in most fonts) 𦣝
舛
136. oppose
良
138. good
Variants: 艮
䖝
142. insect
Variants: 虫 蟲
覀
146. west
Variants: 西 ⻃ 襾
見
147. see
角
148. corner
言
149. say; word
Variants: 訁
訁
149. say
Variants: 言
谷
150. valley
豆
151. bean
豕
152. pig
豸
153. badger
貝
154. shellfish
赤
155. red
走
156. run
足
157. foot
Variants: ⾜ ⻊
⻊
157. foot
Variants: 足 ⾜
身
158. body
Variants: ⾝
車
159. car
辛
160. spicy
辰
161. dragon
辵
162. move
Variants: ⻌ 辶
邑
163. group
Variants: ⻏ ⾢
酉
164. sake flask
釆
165. topped rice
里
166. village
镸
168. long
Variants: 長 ⻑
麦
199. wheat
Variants: 麥
甬
use your ma
夋
license to go
甫
first time; the first time
冏
bright
兑
eight elder brothers
Variants: 兊 兌
呑
drink
㦮
three spears
余
surplus; left over; extra
Variants: 餘
我
I; myself
束
bundle
肖
resemble
更
again
8 strokes
朋
friend
直
honest
炎
blaze
Variants: 炏
若
young
苗
seedling
舎
house
Variants: 舍
茂
overgrown
歩
walk
Variants: 步
定
determined
放
let go
固
hard
叔
uncle
育
grow up
屈
yield
居
exist
宗
religion
奉
to present
並
lined up
Variants: 竝 亚 业
Note: visually similar to 业 (almost lined up) and 亚 (almost lined up one time)
岡
hill
Variants: 崗
免
escape
Variants: 免
帚
broom
或
a certain
采
die; dice
尭
high
Variants: 堯
侖
think
佰
one hundred men
金
167. gold
Variants: 釒
長
168. long
Variants: ⻑ 镸
門
169. gate
阜
170. hill
Variants: ⻖
隶
171. slave
隹
172. little bird
雨
173. rain
Variants: ⻗
⻗
173. rain
Variants: 雨
青
174. blue
Variants: ⻘ 靑
靑
174. blue
Variants: 青 ⻘
非
175. mistake
飠
184. eat; food
Variants: 食 ⻞ 𩙿 ⻝ ⻟
斉
210. equal
Variants: ⻫ 齊
帛
white turban
坴
ground ahead
Variants: 击
咅
standing mouths
录
watery yo
Variants: 彔
奇
strange
取
take
㑒
unanimous
Variants: 僉
㡀
ragged
𠦝
ten times earlier
Variants: 龺
者
person
Variants: 者
東
east
京
capital
Variants: 亰
官
bureaucrat
周
circumference
林
wood; trees
Variants: 𣏟
昔
ancient; old
垂
hang down; hanging
Variants: 埀
果
result; fruit; bear fruit
幸
happiness
享
enjoyment
其
that
9 strokes
専
specialist; expert
Variants: 專
則
rule
泉
spring
相
minister
是
just so
建
build
哀
piteous
帝
sovereign
皆
everyone
県
prefecture
Variants: 縣
侯
daimyo
某
a certain
甚
excessive
郎
husband
Variants: 郞
奐
brilliant
臥
lie down
Variants:
爰
claw your one friend
显
when the sun is almost lined up
Variants: 㬎
㒸
eight pigs
亲
stand in the tree
罙
net in the tree
兹
excess
Variants: 茲
面
176. mask
革
177. leather
韭
179. leek
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
軍
army
重
heavy
品
goods
単
simple
Variants: 單
扁
flat
咸
all
畐
fill
酋
chieftain
10 strokes
真
truth
Variants: 眞
原
meadow
夏
summer
家
house
既
already
Variants: 既
害
damaged
兼
double
般
carrier
烏
crow
能
ability
冓
a well again
朔
first day of the month
袁
long kimono
隺
crane; flying bird
Variants: 寉
韋
178. tanned leather
馬
187. horse
骨
188. bone
高
189. expensive; high
Variants: 髙
髟
190. hair
鬥
191. fighting
鬲
193. tripod
鬼
194. ogre
𦰩
the husband with the grass mouth
員
employee
莫
must not
朕
royal we; we
11 strokes
章
chapter
祭
festival
曹
cadet
票
ballot
動
move
異
different
斬
kill
曼
wide
桼
man in the tree with water
奞
big little bird
离
rare beast
萑
reeds
竟
finally
埶
get round the ground ahead
魚
195. fish
Variants: 𩵋 ⿂
鹿
198. deer
麥
199. wheat
Variants: 麦
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 黑
菫
violet
Variants: 堇 𦰌 (not in most fonts)
啇
old trader
商
trader
責
torture; blame
鳥
bird
12 strokes
朝
morning
景
scenery
敬
respect
童
child
復
return
善
virtuous
幾
how many
貴
precious
賁
decorations
戠
potter's clay
喬
lofty
敝
dilapidated
菐
troublesome
黃
201. yellow
Variants: 黄
黍
202. millet
黑
203. black
Variants: 黒 ⿊
尞
complementary
番
turn
曽
formerly
Variants: 曾
13 strokes
意
idea
義
honour; meaning
睘
stare
鼎
206. three-legged stool
蒦
measure
貇
good badger
鼓
207. hand drum
㐮
six lots of clothes together
Variants: 襄
喿
goods in the tree
辟
rule
14 strokes
疑
doubt
㥯
claws a yo from your heart
鼻
209. nose
齊
210. equal
Variants: 斉 ⻫
翟
the little bird gives two yos
15 strokes
監
keep watch
16 strokes
褱
conceal
龜
213. turtle
Variants: 亀 ⻲
龍
212. dragon
Variants: 竜
17 strokes
龠
214. flute
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