Kanji++ 漢字++ (Kan) + (ji)
Become a kanji expert stroke by stroke
Preface
Welcome to KanjiPlusPlus.com
This site is dedicated to the step-wise, or better said stroke-wise, learning
of the Japanese writing system. The concept of Kanji++ is to start with
simple characters and increase the complexity level gradually.
Let's start with a simple example. Please take a sheet of paper and a pen
and try to draw these two strokes:
くつCongratulations, you just wrote your first word (kutsu = shoe) in
Japanese, that Japanese people could directly read.
Of course these are only just two simple characters from the syllable
alphabet Hiragana, which consists of 46 characters. Besides Hiragana,
their is the second syllable alphabet Katakana that consists as well of 46
characters. The both alphabets with 92 characters in total are easy to
learn, because they are sorted in a fixed order and their characters are
written by a maximum of four strokes. Japanese children must be familiar
with these characters in the first grade.
A challenge are the 2,136 kanji, that are the characters based on
Chinese characters, that are defined by the japanese government. But
don't worry. This site was made, to make that learning as easy as
possible.
Let's have a look at another example. Please take again your pen and try
to draw these two strokes (you already know one of them):
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⼀つCongratulation, you just wrote your second word (hitotsu = one) in
Japanese and wrote your first kanji.
And now have fun with Kanji++.
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Hiragana
Overview
A I U E O
あ い う え お/ a i u e o
か き く け こK ka ki ku ke ko
さ し す せ そS sa shi su se so
た ち つ て とT ta chi tsu te to
な に ぬ ね の んN na ni nu ne no n
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は ひ ふ へ ほH ha hi fu he ho
ま み む め もM ma mi mu me mo
や ゆ よY ya yu yo
ら り る れ ろR ra ri ru re ro
わ をW wa o
aiueo-Row
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k-Row
s-Row
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t-Row
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n-Row
h-Row
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m-Row
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y-Row
r-Row
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w-Row
Deviations
With two short strokes in the upper-right corner the rows k, s, t, h shift to
g, z, d, b:
が ぎ ぐ げ ごga gi gu ge go
ざ じ ず ぜ ぞza ji zu ze zo
だ ぢ づ で ど
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da ji zu de do
ば び ぶ べ ぼba bi bu be bo
With a small circle the h-row shifts to p:
ぱ ぴ ぷ ぺ ぽpa pi pu pe po
Combining the i-column of rows k, g, s, z, t, n, h, b, p, m, r with a small
written ya, yu and yo creates the following syllables:
きゃ きゅ きょkya kyu kyo
ぎゃ ぎゅ ぎょgya gyu gyo
しゃ しゅ しょsha shu sho
じゃ じゅ じょja ju jo
ちゃ ちゅ ちょcha chu cho
にゃ にゅ にょnya nyu nyo
ひゃ ひゅ ひょhya hyu hyo
びゃ びゅ びょbya byu byo
ぴゃ ぴゅ ぴょpya pyu pyo
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みゃ みゅ みょmya myu myo
りゃ りゅ りょrya ryu ryo
Katakana
Overview
A I U E O
ア イ ウ エ オ/ a i u e o
カ キ ク ケ コK ka ki ku ke ko
サ シ ス セ ソS sa shi su se so
タ チ ツ テ トT ta chi tsu te to
ナ ニ ヌ ネ ノ ンN na ni nu ne no n
ハ ヒ フ ヘ ホH ha hi fu he ho
マ ミ ム メ モM ma mi mu me mo
ヤ ユ ヨY ya yu yo
ラ リ ル レ ロR ra ri ru re ro
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ワ ヲW wa o
aiueo-Row
k-Row
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s-Row
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t-Row
n-Row
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h-Row
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m-Row
y-Row
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r-Row
w-Row
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Deviations
Deviation with two strokes:
ガ ギ グ ゲ ゴga gi gu ge go
ザ ジ ズ ゼ ゾza ji zu ze zo
ダ ヂ ヅ デ ドda ji zu de do
バ ビ ブ ベ ボba bi bu be bo
Deviation with one circle:
パ ピ プ ペ ポpa pi pu pe po
Combinations with ya, yu und yo:
キャ キュ キョkya kyu kyo
ギャ ギュ ギョgya gyu gyo
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シャ シュ ショsha shu sho
ジャ ジュ ジョja ju jo
チャ チュ チョcha chu cho
ニャ ニュ ニョnya nyu nyo
ヒャ ヒュ ヒョhya hyu hyo
ビャ ビュ ビョbya byu byo
ピャ ピュ ピョpya pyu pyo
ミャ ミュ ミョmya myu myo
リャ リュ リョrya ryu ryo
Katakana provides more syllable combinations to match the sounds of
foreign words more closely:
イェye
ウィ ウェ ウォwi we wo
ヴァ ヴィ ヴ ヴェ ヴォva vi vu ve vo
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ヴュvyu
クァ クィ クェ クォkwa kwi kwe kwo
グァgwa
シェshe
ジェje
ズィzi
チェche
ツァ ツィ ツェ ツォtsa tsi tse tso
ティ トゥti tu
テュtyu
ディ ドゥdi du
デュdyu
ファ フィ フェ フォfa fi fe fo
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フュfyu
Kanji++ Levels
Level A
Level A1
Stroke Types
1-Stroke Kanjis
ichi, itsu | hito...
⼀ ichi one
⼀つhitotsuone
Level A2
Stroke Types
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2-Stroke Kanjis
juu, ji', ju' | too, to
⼗ juu / too ten
3-Stroke Kanjis
Pattern
kan | ho, bo, hi
⼲すhosu to dry
⼲しhoshidrying, dried
⼲るhiru
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do, to | tsuchi
⼟ tsuchi soil, earth, ground
shi | samurai
Pattern
kou, ku, gu | moku
Pattern
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jou, shou, shan | ue, uwa, kami, a, nobo, yo
上げるageru
上る noboru
上 ue
上がるagaru
4-Stroke Kanjis
Pattern
hou, fu, fuu | mimeyo, shige
ou
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王ouking
Pattern
Pattern
juu, nyuu | nijuu
Pattern
shi | to, do, todo, ya, yo, sa
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⽌まる tomaru
⽌む yamu
⽌める tomeru
5-Stroke Kanjis
sei, shou | tada, masa
正しい tadashii correct
正しくmasashiku
正す tadasu
kan | ama, uma
⽢い amai / umaisweet
⽢やかすamayakasu
⽢える amaeru
Pattern
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Pattern
sei, se, sou | yo, sanjuu
Level A3
Stroke Types
3-Stroke Kanjis
Pattern
kou, ku | kuchi
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⼝ kuchi mouth
⽢⼝amakuchi
4-Stroke Kanjis
nichi, jitsu | hi, bi, ka
⽇ hi sun, day
⼀⽇ ichinichi
⼗⽇ tooka
chuu | naka, uchi, ata
中 naka
中⽌chuushi
⽇中nicchuu
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5-Stroke Kanjis
ko | furu
古い furui
中古chuukoMiddle Ages
sen | shi, urana
占めるshimeru
占う uranau
占めたshimeta
Pattern
kyo
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moku, boku | me, ma
目 me eye
目上meue
⼀目hitome
sho, so, shou | ka
且つkatsu
shin | mou, saru
申す mousu
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申し上げるmoushiageru
kou, kan | kinoe
甲kou
Pattern
den | ta
⽥ ta
Pattern
yu, yuu, yui | yoshi, yo
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由yoshi
Pattern
bei | sara
お皿osara
皿 sara
6-Stroke Kanjis
sou, sa' | haya, sa
早い hayai
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お早うohayou
早⼝ hayakuchi
早めるhayameru
Pattern
kyoku | ma, kuma
曲がるmagaru to turn
曲げるmageru to bend
曲 kyoku
7-Stroke Kanjis
sha | kuruma
⾞kuruma
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Pattern
a | tsu
亜a
shin, jin
ri | sato
kan, ken, sen | kushi, tsuranu
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8-Stroke Kanjis
taku
9-Stroke Kanjis
kaku | kawa
⾰kawa
Level A4
Stroke Types
3-Stroke Kanjis
Pattern
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san, sen | yama
⼭yama / san
5-Stroke Kanjis
sei, se, sou | yo, sanjuu
世の中yononaka
中世 chuusei
世 yo
shotsu, sui | de, da, i
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出す dasu
出⼝ deguchi
出る deru
⽇の出 hinode
出 de
出世 shusse
申し出 moushide
申し出るmoushideru
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