24/10/2011The modern form of と comes from the cursive form of the kanji 止 (し, shi, i.e. “stop”, “halt”). Follow…
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…
18/10/2011The kanji 金 is a pictograph of copper ore cast in a mould. It can also represent one of the…
12/10/2011The modern form of て comes from the cursive form of the kanji 天 (てん, ten, i.e. “heaven”, also “deva”).…
10/10/2011The modern form of つ comes from the cursive form of the kanji 川 (かわ, kawa, i.e. “river”). Follow the…
05/10/2011The modern form of た comes from the cursive form of the kanji 太 (た, ta, i.e. “plump”, “thick”). Follow…
04/10/2011The modern form of ち comes from the cursive form of the kanji 知 (ち, chi, i.e. “knowledge”). Follow the…
04/10/2011休 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…
29/09/2011The modern form of そ comes from the cursive form of the kanji 曽 (そ, so, i.e. “formerly”, “once”, etc.).…
27/09/2011The modern form of せ comes from the cursive form of the kanji 世 (せ, se, i.e. “world”, “society”), though…
