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- #日本語
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Introduction to Kanji
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Categories
- Kanji can be classified into 4 main categories:
- Pictographic characters: originated from pictures of objects (e.g., 山, 川, 馬, 雨).
- Indicative kanji: made of points & lines to indicate abstract ideas (e.g., 一, 三, 上, 下).
- Compound kanji: composed by combining pictographic kanji & other types of kanji.
- Phonetic - ideographic kanji: formed by combining phonetic & ideographic elements.
- Kanji can be classified into 4 main categories:
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On-readings & Kun-readings
- On-readings are based upon the Chinese pronunciation of the kanji when they were first introduced to Japan.
- Kun-readings are based on the pronunciation of the Japanese word whose meaning was close to that of the kanji character.
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