09/08/2011火 belongs to the 象形文字(しょうけいもじ, shoukeimoji, i.e. set of characters of pictographic origin). It is a pictograph of blazing flames
03/08/2011The modern form of お comes from the cursive form of the kanji 於 (お, o, i.e. "at, in, on,…
01/08/2011The hanging scroll is an art of its own, although it does not exist without the calligraphy work. It is…
29/07/2011The word えい (えい, ei, i.e. "eternity") written in Japanese Kana (かな) script. The hiragana character い is based on…
26/07/2011下 belongs to the 指事文字 (しじもじ, shijimoji, i.e. set of characters expressing simple abstract concepts). The original idea expressed by…
23/07/2011The modern form of う comes from the cursive form of the kanji 宇 (う, u, i.e. "counter for buildings").…
18/07/2011音 belongs to the 会意文字 (かいいもじ, kaii moji, i.e. set of characters that are a combination of two or more…
14/07/2011The modern form of い comes from the cursive form of the kanji 以 (い, i, i.e. "by means of",…
12/07/2011The modern form of the hiragana character あ comes from the cursive form of the kanji 安 (あん, an, i.e.…
10/07/2011The seal script form of the character 玉 (たま, tama, "sphere", also a "jewel"), initially was mostly identical to 王…
