Author: Ponte Ryūrui

  • Figure 1 Inu

    24/11/2011
    犬 belongs to the 象形文字 (しょうけいもじ, shōkeimoji, i.e. set of characters of pictographic origin). It is a pictograph of a…
  • Figure 1 Mi

    19/11/2011
    見 belongs to the 象形文字(しょうけいもじ, shōkeimoji i.e. set of characters of pictographic origin). It is a pictograph of a human…
  • figure_3_4_hiragana_ne-horz

    10/11/2011
    The modern form of ね comes from the cursive form of the kanji 奴 (やっこ, yakko, i.e. “servant (especially samurai’s…
  • Figure 1 2 Hiragana Ni Horz

    10/11/2011
    The modern form of に comes from the cursive form of the kanji 仁 (に, ni, i.e. “benevolence”, “compassion”, etc.).…
  • Figure 1 Kanji Etymology Getsu

    31/10/2011
    月 belongs to the 象形文字 (しょうけいもじ, shōkeimoji, i.e. set of characters of pictographic origin). It is a pictograph of a…
  • Figure 1 2 Hiragana Na Horz

    28/10/2011
    The modern form of な comes from the cursive form of the kanji 奈 (な, na, i.e. “Nara”, “what”). Follow…
  • Figure 1 2 Hiragana To Horz

    24/10/2011
    The modern form of と comes from the cursive form of the kanji 止 (し, shi, i.e. “stop”, “halt”). Follow…
  • Figure 1 Kanji Etymology Kuu

    22/10/2011
    空 belongs to the 形声文字 (けいせいもじ, keiseimoji, i.e. phono-semantic compound characters). This is by far the largest group of Chinese…
  • Figure 1 Hanging Scroll Ii 1

    20/10/2011
    In this article on hanging scrolls I would like to explain one of the correct ways of signing the protective…
  • Figure 1 Kanji Etymology Kin

    18/10/2011
    The kanji 金 is a pictograph of copper ore cast in a mould. It can also represent one of the…