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Kanji The journey of learning kanji will probably be the most time-
consuming but it is needed to make your Japanese easier to read and
more professional. Kanji is used very frequently in Japanese and has
many parts you need to learn. However, don't let this discourage you
as it may be easier to learn than you think. What is kanji?
Kanji is a Japanese writing system (not an alphabet)
and it is used in everyday Japanese. They are
characters that were adopted from the Chinese
language. The word kanji means can translate to
"Chinese characters". Kanji has many different
components and can very well mean more than one
thing.
Within kanji there are furigana, okurigana, radicals,
and onyomi and kunyomi. There is also a system used
in learning kanji where you learn kanji in levels. JLPT
or the Japanese Language Proficiency Test, tests you
on each of the levels as well as your grammar and
vocabulary to show how close to fluency you are.
With kanji you must also take into account the stroke
order and positioning of each stroke to be sure that
you are writing it correctly as some kanji do look alike. Radicals?
The first stop you should make in learning kanji
is learning the radicals. There are 214 radicals
and they help to make up the kanji. You can
think of them like compounds in the English
language, you can put more than one together
to make something form a new meaning. So
radicals are essentially roots.
Each radical has it's own meaning (Some can
mean the same thing) And some radicals can
actually be the full kanji, but just because it's
the kanji itself doesn't mean that it can't be
added into another radical to make a new kanji.
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An example: The radical ★(₹) or tree is also a kanji. There is a radical that looks similar and
means the same thing. The kanji ✯ ( ₺ ↳ ) means forest. Putting three trees together
changed the meaning from tree to forest. The pronunciation changed as well. Kanji are
different from kana, just because you put radicals together doesn't mean you merge the
sounds as you would with kana. Those N Levels
Kanji "difficulty" is broken up
in five levels, N5 being the
easiest and N1 the hardest.
with these levels there's also
vocabulary and grammar
starting from basic Japanese
to nearly native. These are
levels of the JLPT but many
use them to simply break
down their kanji.
Level
N1
N3
Summary of Linguistic Competence Required
for Each Level
The ability to understand Japanese used in everyday
N2 situations and in a variety of circumstances to a certain
degree
The ability to understand Japanese used in a variety of
circumstances
2
The ability to understand Japanese used in everyday
situations to a certain degree
N4 The ability to understand basic Japanese
N5 The ability to understand some basic Japanese
https://www.slideserve.com/barr/the-new-japanese-language-proficiency-test-jlpt There's more than one?!?!!
Onyomi and kunyomi are readings of Japanese. A kanji can have multiple
readings and onyomi and kunyomi can help you determine which one to use.
Kunyomi
Onyomi
Onyomi are derived from
Chinese and in a dictionary
you'll find them written in
katakana (due to it being an
adaptation?). You should use
onyomi when there are 2 kanji
put together.
Kunyomi are original to Japan
and in a dictionary you'll find
them written in hiragana. You
should most likely use the
kunyomi reading when the kanji is
alone or followed by hiragana.
There are of course exceptions for both.
Let's go back to ★. ★ has both an onyomi
and kunyomi reading (multiple to be
exact). The kunyomi for this kanji is ,
the reading used earlier and the onyomi
used earlier and the onyomi is ₺ < . Just
because you use ₺ < doesn't mean
you're speaking Chinese being that
Onyomi readings aren't Chinese, they are
adapted from Chinese.
E Okurigana and Furigana
Okurigana are the hiragana mentioned
that follow a kanji. These can also alter
the meaning and or reading of a kanji.
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食べます
Kanji Okurigana
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Furigana are hiragana placed above a
kanji to help those still learning kanji or
those that don't understand it
Furigana
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にほん
日本
https://marklearnsjp.blogspot.com/2014/03/kanji-onyomi-kunyomi-okurigana-furigana.html 

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