How to memorize the kanji ‘朝’,’昼’and ‘夜’. These kanji mean morning, noon and night respectively.
This article describes the kanji used to represent time. These kanji appear in N4.
They are also commonly used in everyday life.
Several radicals(Bushu) appear in the description of the kanji. If you don’t know the radicals(bushu), download the list of radicals from the article below.
How to memorize the kanji ‘朝’(asa) means morning.
‘朝’ consists of four parts.
•① and ③ are the same part. This part means the number ten in kanji, but in its shape it is the same as a cross.
So there is no problem in memorizing it as a cross.
•② is a simple kanji that means days. It can be read as ‘nichi’ and ‘hi’.
•④ is a simple kanji that means moon. It can be read as ‘tsuki’ and ‘getsu’.
朝 = 十 + 日 + 十 + 月
Write down the parts, saying aloud the name of each part.
How to memorize the kanji ‘昼’(hiru) means noon.
‘昼’ consists of four parts.
•① is a radical(bushu) called ‘shikabane’.
This radical is formed by combining the Katakana letters ‘ロ’(ro)and ‘ノ’(no).
•② is just a backslash.
•③ is a simple kanji means days. It is read as ‘nichi’ and ‘hi’.
•④ is just a horizontal line.
昼 = 尸 + \ + 日 + 一
Write down the parts, saying aloud the name of each part.
How to memorize the kanji ‘夜’(yoru) means night.
‘夜’ is consists of five parts.
•① is a radical(bushu) called ‘nabebuta’. The name means ‘pot lid’ because it resembles the lid of a pot.
•② is a katakana ‘イ’(i).
•③ is a katakana ‘ノ’(no).
•④ is a katakana ‘ヌ(nu).
•⑤ is just a dot.
夜= 亠 + イ +ノ +ヌ + .
Write down the parts, saying aloud the name of each part.
Now, you can write ‘朝’,’昼’and ‘夜’.
Kanji appear complex, but are actually made up of simple shapes.
Learn how to break down kanji into simpler forms to learn them more efficiently.
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