Animals & countryside

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Blue - the main radical the kanji is filed under in dictionaries.

Green - a component that hints at the meaning.

Orange - a component that hints at the reading (sound).

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Grey - another building block, with no clear meaning or sound role.

#1

Meaning

bird

Components

Example words
とり

small bird

はくちょう

swan

#2

Meaning

fish

Components

Example words
さかな

fish shop

きんぎょ

goldfish

かわうお

river fish

#3

Meaning

horse

Components

Example words
しゃ

horse carriage

たけうま

stilts

#4

Meaning

cow, cattle

Components

Example words
うし

calf

ぎゅうにく

beef

ぎゅうにゅう

milk

#5

Meaning

feather, wing

Components

Note

Also the counter for birds and rabbits (一羽, 二羽).

Example words
おと

sound of wings

もう

feathers, down

いち

one bird

#6

Meaning

horn; corner, angle

Components

Example words
つのぶえ

horn (instrument)

さんかく

triangle

かく

square, quadrangle

#7

Meaning

chirp, cry; to sound

Components

Example words

to chirp, to cry (animal)

to sound, to ring

ごえ

animal cry

#8

Meaning

field, plain; the wild

Components

Example words
きゅう

baseball

はら

field, plain

さい

vegetables

#9

Meaning

village; ri (old distance unit)

Components

Example words
ふるさと

hometown

やまざと

mountain village

いち

one ri (~3.9 km)

#10

Meaning

rock, boulder

Components

Example words
がんせき

rock, stone

おおいわ

big rock

Practice

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