16/08/2011The modern form of き comes from the cursive form of the kanji 幾 (き, ki, i.e.: "how many", "some",…
11/08/2011The modern form of か comes from the cursive form of the kanji 加 (か, ka, i.e. "addition", "increase"). Follow…
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,…
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.…
