17/09/2011The modern form of す comes from the cursive form of the kanji 寸 (す(ん), su(n), i.e. "approximately 3.03cm"). Follow…
16/09/2011九 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…
15/09/2011The modern form of し comes from the cursive form of the kanji 之 (し, shi, i.e. "of", "this"). Follow…
14/09/2011The modern form of さ comes from the cursive form of the kanji 左 (さ, sa, i.e. "left"). Follow the…
13/09/2011気 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…
10/09/2011The modern form of く comes from the cursive form of the kanji 久 (く, ku, i.e.: "long time", "old…
08/09/2011The modern form of こ comes from the cursive form of the kanji 己 (こ, ko, i.e.: "self", also "snake",…
06/09/2011The modern form of け comes from the cursive form of the kanji 計 (け (い), ke(i), i.e.: "plan", "measure",…
01/09/2011学 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…
27/08/2011花 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…
