10 Essential Kanji for Beginners – Part 7

🈶 10 Essential Kanji for Beginners – Part 7

Welcome to Part 7 of our kanji learning series!
In this lesson, we introduce kanji related to places, people, and everyday school life.

61. 学 (Study / Learn)

• On'yomi: がく
• Kun'yomi: まなぶ
• Meaning: Study / Learn
• Example: 日本語を学びます。 (I study Japanese.)

62. 校 (School)

• On'yomi: こう
• Kun'yomi: —
• Meaning: School
• Example: 学校へ行きます。 (I go to school.)

63. 生 (Life / Birth / Student)

• On'yomi: せい・しょう
• Kun'yomi: いきる・うまれる・なま
• Meaning: Life / Student
• Example: 小学生です。 (I am an elementary school student.)

64. 先 (Ahead / Before)

• On'yomi: せん
• Kun'yomi: さき
• Meaning: Ahead / Before
• Example: 先生が来ました。 (The teacher came.)

65. 名 (Name)

• On'yomi: めい・みょう
• Kun'yomi: な
• Meaning: Name
• Example: 名前を書いてください。 (Please write your name.)

66. 字 (Character / Letter)

• On'yomi: じ
• Kun'yomi: —
• Meaning: Character / Letter
• Example: 漢字の字です。 (It’s a kanji character.)

67. 文 (Sentence / Writing)

• On'yomi: ぶん・もん
• Kun'yomi: ふみ
• Meaning: Sentence / Writing
• Example: 文を読みます。 (I read a sentence.)

68. 本 (Book / Origin)

• On'yomi: ほん
• Kun'yomi: もと
• Meaning: Book / Origin
• Example: 本を読みます。 (I read a book.)

69. 国 (Country)

• On'yomi: こく
• Kun'yomi: くに
• Meaning: Country
• Example: 日本は私の国です。 (Japan is my country.)

70. 語 (Language / Word)

• On'yomi: ご
• Kun'yomi: かたる
• Meaning: Language / Word
• Example: 英語を話します。 (I speak English.)

📚 Wrap-Up

These kanji are common in school and daily conversation. With these, you can read and talk about names, languages, and more!

👉 Coming next...

In Part 8, we’ll finish the 80-kanji series with action-related and useful everyday characters!

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