Kanji++ 漢字++ (Kan) + (ji)

Become a kanji expert stroke by stroke

Preface

Welcome to KanjiPlusPlus.com

This site is dedicated to the step-wise, or better said stroke-wise, learning

of the Japanese writing system. The concept of Kanji++ is to start with

simple characters and increase the complexity level gradually.

Let's start with a simple example. Please take a sheet of paper and a pen

and try to draw these two strokes:

くつCongratulations, you just wrote your first word (kutsu = shoe) in

Japanese, that Japanese people could directly read.

Of course these are only just two simple characters from the syllable

alphabet Hiragana, which consists of 46 characters. Besides Hiragana,

their is the second syllable alphabet Katakana that consists as well of 46

characters. The both alphabets with 92 characters in total are easy to

learn, because they are sorted in a fixed order and their characters are

written by a maximum of four strokes. Japanese children must be familiar

with these characters in the first grade.

A challenge are the 2,136 kanji, that are the characters based on

Chinese characters, that are defined by the japanese government. But

don't worry. This site was made, to make that learning as easy as

possible.

Let's have a look at another example. Please take again your pen and try

to draw these two strokes (you already know one of them):

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⼀つCongratulation, you just wrote your second word (hitotsu = one) in

Japanese and wrote your first kanji.

And now have fun with Kanji++.

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Hiragana

Overview

A I U E O

あ い う え お/ a i u e o

か き く け こK ka ki ku ke ko

さ し す せ そS sa shi su se so

た ち つ て とT ta chi tsu te to

な に ぬ ね の んN na ni nu ne no n

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は ひ ふ へ ほH ha hi fu he ho

ま み む め もM ma mi mu me mo

や ゆ よY ya yu yo

ら り る れ ろR ra ri ru re ro

わ をW wa o

aiueo-Row

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k-Row

s-Row

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t-Row

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n-Row

h-Row

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m-Row

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y-Row

r-Row

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w-Row

Deviations

With two short strokes in the upper-right corner the rows k, s, t, h shift to

g, z, d, b:

が ぎ ぐ げ ごga gi gu ge go

ざ じ ず ぜ ぞza ji zu ze zo

だ ぢ づ で ど

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da ji zu de do

ば び ぶ べ ぼba bi bu be bo

With a small circle the h-row shifts to p:

ぱ ぴ ぷ ぺ ぽpa pi pu pe po

Combining the i-column of rows k, g, s, z, t, n, h, b, p, m, r with a small

written ya, yu and yo creates the following syllables:

きゃ きゅ きょkya kyu kyo

ぎゃ ぎゅ ぎょgya gyu gyo

しゃ しゅ しょsha shu sho

じゃ じゅ じょja ju jo

ちゃ ちゅ ちょcha chu cho

にゃ にゅ にょnya nyu nyo

ひゃ ひゅ ひょhya hyu hyo

びゃ びゅ びょbya byu byo

ぴゃ ぴゅ ぴょpya pyu pyo

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みゃ みゅ みょmya myu myo

りゃ りゅ りょrya ryu ryo

Katakana

Overview

A I U E O

ア イ ウ エ オ/ a i u e o

カ キ ク ケ コK ka ki ku ke ko

サ シ ス セ ソS sa shi su se so

タ チ ツ テ トT ta chi tsu te to

ナ ニ ヌ ネ ノ ンN na ni nu ne no n

ハ ヒ フ ヘ ホH ha hi fu he ho

マ ミ ム メ モM ma mi mu me mo

ヤ ユ ヨY ya yu yo

ラ リ ル レ ロR ra ri ru re ro

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ワ ヲW wa o

aiueo-Row

k-Row

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s-Row

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t-Row

n-Row

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h-Row

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m-Row

y-Row

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r-Row

w-Row

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Deviations

Deviation with two strokes:

ガ ギ グ ゲ ゴga gi gu ge go

ザ ジ ズ ゼ ゾza ji zu ze zo

ダ ヂ ヅ デ ドda ji zu de do

バ ビ ブ ベ ボba bi bu be bo

Deviation with one circle:

パ ピ プ ペ ポpa pi pu pe po

Combinations with ya, yu und yo:

キャ キュ キョkya kyu kyo

ギャ ギュ ギョgya gyu gyo

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シャ シュ ショsha shu sho

ジャ ジュ ジョja ju jo

チャ チュ チョcha chu cho

ニャ ニュ ニョnya nyu nyo

ヒャ ヒュ ヒョhya hyu hyo

ビャ ビュ ビョbya byu byo

ピャ ピュ ピョpya pyu pyo

ミャ ミュ ミョmya myu myo

リャ リュ リョrya ryu ryo

Katakana provides more syllable combinations to match the sounds of

foreign words more closely:

イェye

ウィ ウェ ウォwi we wo

ヴァ ヴィ ヴ ヴェ ヴォva vi vu ve vo

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ヴュvyu

クァ クィ クェ クォkwa kwi kwe kwo

グァgwa

シェshe

ジェje

ズィzi

チェche

ツァ ツィ ツェ ツォtsa tsi tse tso

ティ トゥti tu

テュtyu

ディ ドゥdi du

デュdyu

ファ フィ フェ フォfa fi fe fo

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フュfyu

Kanji++ Levels

Level A

Level A1

Stroke Types

1-Stroke Kanjis

ichi, itsu | hito...

⼀ ichi one

⼀つhitotsuone

Level A2

Stroke Types

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2-Stroke Kanjis

juu, ji', ju' | too, to

⼗ juu / too ten

3-Stroke Kanjis

Pattern

kan | ho, bo, hi

⼲すhosu to dry

⼲しhoshidrying, dried

⼲るhiru

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do, to | tsuchi

⼟ tsuchi soil, earth, ground

shi | samurai

Pattern

kou, ku, gu | moku

Pattern

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jou, shou, shan | ue, uwa, kami, a, nobo, yo

上げるageru

上る noboru

上 ue

上がるagaru

4-Stroke Kanjis

Pattern

hou, fu, fuu | mimeyo, shige

ou

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王ouking

Pattern

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juu, nyuu | nijuu

Pattern

shi | to, do, todo, ya, yo, sa

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⽌まる tomaru

⽌む yamu

⽌める tomeru

5-Stroke Kanjis

sei, shou | tada, masa

正しい tadashii correct

正しくmasashiku

正す tadasu

kan | ama, uma

⽢い amai / umaisweet

⽢やかすamayakasu

⽢える amaeru

Pattern

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Pattern

sei, se, sou | yo, sanjuu

Level A3

Stroke Types

3-Stroke Kanjis

Pattern

kou, ku | kuchi

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⼝ kuchi mouth

⽢⼝amakuchi

4-Stroke Kanjis

nichi, jitsu | hi, bi, ka

⽇ hi sun, day

⼀⽇ ichinichi

⼗⽇ tooka

chuu | naka, uchi, ata

中 naka

中⽌chuushi

⽇中nicchuu

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5-Stroke Kanjis

ko | furu

古い furui

中古chuukoMiddle Ages

sen | shi, urana

占めるshimeru

占う uranau

占めたshimeta

Pattern

kyo

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moku, boku | me, ma

目 me eye

目上meue

⼀目hitome

sho, so, shou | ka

且つkatsu

shin | mou, saru

申す mousu

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申し上げるmoushiageru

kou, kan | kinoe

甲kou

Pattern

den | ta

⽥ ta

Pattern

yu, yuu, yui | yoshi, yo

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由yoshi

Pattern

bei | sara

お皿osara

皿 sara

6-Stroke Kanjis

sou, sa' | haya, sa

早い hayai

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お早うohayou

早⼝ hayakuchi

早めるhayameru

Pattern

kyoku | ma, kuma

曲がるmagaru to turn

曲げるmageru to bend

曲 kyoku

7-Stroke Kanjis

sha | kuruma

⾞kuruma

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Pattern

a | tsu

亜a

shin, jin

ri | sato

kan, ken, sen | kushi, tsuranu

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8-Stroke Kanjis

taku

9-Stroke Kanjis

kaku | kawa

⾰kawa

Level A4

Stroke Types

3-Stroke Kanjis

Pattern

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san, sen | yama

⼭yama / san

5-Stroke Kanjis

sei, se, sou | yo, sanjuu

世の中yononaka

中世 chuusei

世 yo

shotsu, sui | de, da, i

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出す dasu

出⼝ deguchi

出る deru

⽇の出 hinode

出 de

出世 shusse

申し出 moushide

申し出るmoushideru

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