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| Sushi Newbie United States Joined 6126 days ago 11 posts - 11 votes Studies: Japanese | Message 1 of 4 24 March 2008 at 4:45pm | IP Logged |
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Is it true like when your reading kanjii and you don't know what it says you take it a part.For example: blood,evil,etc = vampire
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| OneEye Diglot Senior Member Japan Joined 6867 days ago 518 posts - 784 votes  Speaks: English*, Mandarin Studies: Japanese, Taiwanese, German, French | Message 2 of 4 24 March 2008 at 7:10pm | IP Logged |
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Not quite that simple, but yes. The components generally give a hint to the meaning. You won't automatically know what it means just by looking at it, but you'll at least have an idea. And it's helpful for memorization, a la Heisig's Remembering the Kanji.
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| Sushi Newbie United States Joined 6126 days ago 11 posts - 11 votes Studies: Japanese | Message 3 of 4 24 March 2008 at 8:27pm | IP Logged |
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Oh OK THANKS
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| Captain Haddock Diglot Senior Member Japan kanjicabinet.tumblr. Joined 6785 days ago 2282 posts - 2814 votes Speaks: English*, Japanese Studies: French, Korean, Ancient Greek | Message 4 of 4 24 March 2008 at 9:33pm | IP Logged |
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Some kanji are formed by putting different pieces together for their meanings, like you suggest. More, however, consist of "category" half plus a "pronunciation" half. For example:
海 ("umi", sea) is pronounced "kai" in compounds. The left half of the character means "water", giving a hint to its meaning. The right half is included not for meaning, but to give the pronounciation "kai". Other kanji pronounced "kai" include 悔 and 晦. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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