Illustration: During brush practice in a Japanese elementary classroom, a child lifts a sheet bearing one large, clearly formed 山. Two finished sheets on the same protective desk mat display 川 and 木, each alone and easy to recognize. The child’s free hand still holds the brush above an inkstone.

JLPT N5nounLevel estimated by Bebop

漢かん字じ

kanji

kanji character

Example sentences

  1. 君きみはこの漢字かんじが読よめますか。

    Can you read this kanji?

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  2. 漢字かんじは読よむのが難むずかしい。

    Kanji are difficult to read.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. この漢字かんじはどういう意味いみですか。

    What does this kanji mean?

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 漢字

  • 漢China; ChineseOnカン
  • 字character; letterOnジKunあざ・あざな

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