Learn Japanese Kanji - Kanji Made Easy!

[MisterViktor]

Greetings from germany! :D どいつじんです！

[ellenprutske]

So if you wanten to write the word 'book' in kanji, you would only need this one? Because hon was book, right?

[glasavvatten]

confuuusing



[kikyokamiya]

okay so if on is chinese and kun is japanese, well what ive been going by is kanji and katakana and hiragana i hope i spelled those right but could u explain when the three of them are used because i just dont understand fully?

[chapusa100]

Nice teacher..........can't concentrate.....hehehe!

[Dearhunter43]

?????? Japanese is hard to learn man. I'm still confused, japanesepod101, plz help me.

[maneatingbanana]

So if the chinese one is moto. Do they use kun in japanese last names? Because my mom's last name is 杉本. (Sugimoto)

[chapusa100]

@maneatingbanana the Chinese have different names for these characters, but when put together they have the same meaning....



[maneatingbanana]

@chapusa100 Yeah i know, i already knew that.

[67srdjan]

hyuukmx



[67srdjan]

jsjio.,f

[uzerofutube]

She's so playful, her smile is always big.

[kobeakashi123]

Your tip of tongue once touches on the upper palate then breaks.

[kobeakashi123]

Looks like Japaanese R is American's T. Like in water or Toto; ワラ、トロ.

[kobeakashi123]

When I count books, I use Satsu. 本(書物)を数える時は冊を使います。 本の意味はoriginです。booksはすべてのorigin­だからでしょうか？ 本はcolloqiual で書物はformalです。 The meaning of 本 is origin. Why we say books Hon? Are books origin of every thing?

[DNYAP]

I have a huge question that keeps bothering me. Do Japanese readers use a larger font on their browsers? It is really hard for me to differentiate some Kanji in a "casual/normal" English/Latin Lang font size.

Should I zoom in, or I need better training?

[creativiguy12]

"き本" is the pronounciation of "基本", which also means base, or origin.

[DaughterOfRain1989]

Your are the best Japanese teacher !

Arigatu ^_^

[jafetrese]

do i need to study on readings?

[TheMulchmeister]

I believe this kanji can also refer to 'a book' and is used to count certain objects (but not for counting books). Am I right?

[RunDuckDuck]

I think I'm starting to get it! Thank you so much xD

[jafetrese]

i really don't get it

[ss11311086]

煮豆持作羹，漉豉以為汁。萁在釜下燃，豆在釜中泣。本自同根生，­相煎何太急？

[Jilltheanimelover]

howmany kanji's are there? something like 2000?(i read that somewhere)

[Warhiji]

@Jilltheanimelover I read somewhere that there are around 2000 commonly used kanji, and around 5000 in total. xD

[Jilltheanimelover]

@Warhiji wow that's so much :O :D

ty for answering

[ss11311086]

@Jilltheanimelover That's not "much" at all. There are approximately 85568 Hanzi (漢字, the origin of the so-called Kanji).

[gemerl20]

Does it really matter whether you use the on or kun readings unless you're using more than one kanji in a row, in which you would use on for them?

[rickjuniorable]

本 also means ''book'' doesn't it? =D

[WorldOfSnakes]

The "kun" reading...is it Hiragana? It's written just like hiragana...

Also, is the "on" reading the same as katakana?

[Nicro327]

@WorldOfSnakes I believe the kun is hiragana and on is katakana(Which is used for foreign words)

[WorldOfSnakes]

@Nicro327 Thank you!:)

[Raitawolfshadow]

arigatou gozaimasu

i already know Japanese but i just wanted to thank you because my cousin has found these videos and she is speaking very good Japanese and writing good Kanji. i am back in Kyoto and im glad i can speak to the English side of my family with my hometown language. so again arigatou :)

[mikublackrockshooter]

I don't really understand~

what is the on and kun for? Please answer my question

[ImSiCJim]

please can someone help me watch?v=Ao73d5542CI

[XiaNingTian]

Gotta love the trees ^^

[gaara125able]

I don't understand anything T_T

[trackmaniakid27]

Hey. Can you tell me what 能古 (noko) means

[norge29]

so.. can tou use kanji to write western names?

[bilgicable]

i think there is a easier way to explain 「本」

this kanji's another meaning is "book" . so;

learners saw the "tree"'s kanji at previous lesson. i mean they can write 「木」.

then we can say "a book is made from tree, so if we log the tree it will be a book" and we draw a little line on the kanji 「木」, it will be 「本」

this is more catchy. isn't it?

[bilgicable]

i think there is a easier way to explain 「本」

this kanji's another meaning is "book" . so;

learners saw the "tree"'s kanji at previous lesson. i mean they can write 「木」.

then we can say "a book is made from tree, so if we log the tree it will be a book" and we draw a little line on the kanji 「木」, it will be 「本」

this is more catchy. isn't it?

[julinstick]

i have a question, How can I make my computer to write with hiragana, katakana or kanji?

[OpenlyClosed]

@julinstick Google Hiragana Keyboard. Use the one at Lexilogos

[TheOnlyAustinCusker]

LOL I Smile every time she does the ''dah dum!" when she flips the board haaha

[LanguageNerd09]

@TheOnlyAustinCusker I so agree! :D ^_^

[Izahdnb]

@TheOnlyAustinCusker haha that is so awesome

[joshuarawr]

Hiroko <3 :D

[Charliepower57lm]

Hey Japanese Fellows: Do me a favor plz! How do u translate NEED FOR SPEED in Japanese Characters, wanna put a decal with those symbols on the windshield of my Integra...

[ssayegh54]

@Charliepower57lm LOL

[ssayegh54]

@Charliepower57lm might be cool :)

[iaMyla]

We really dont need to know what kun and on mean in every lesson. everyone should watch from the beginning anyway

[mashi384]

what does she say at the beginging of each of these videos to the back something like "You said gu-roove!"

[Gerry1290]

But sorry I remember that 本 means Book,isn't it?

[Tassadar2k3]

It means also root, origin ...

[mashi384]

@Gerry1290 yep. "hon"

[jaym1204]

またネ!!!

[abcbonjovi]

i feel this ~ he lo ko na ka mu la ( 中 村 紘 子 ) some like japan singer ( ka chu ) ~ yo go da ( 宇 多 田 ) !

[mashi384]

@jaym1204 ... you don't use Katakana for particles. your "ne" is sopossed to be Hiragana.

[pedazodecola]

you forgot to mention that it also means book. Not trying to be a know it all, sorry :)

[Blacky2000x]

is this also the kanji for book ? hon means also book as far as i know , right ?

[madmotha98]

at 0:23 creepy

[xFL1PPYx]

本 :D

I'm really enjoying this series. Thank you so much!

[chasib]

Take me to Japan and I'll work for you for free lol. Im not joking, that would make me multi lengual by knowing Japanese, Spanish and English. My English and Spanish are perfect + I can understand Portuguese and Italian people, ofcourse is beacause they come from latin lol. I just love languages and Japanese is my dream.

[japanesepod101]

Thanks everyone for watching!

Hope you continue to enjoy all our videos~

[starsaunt]

@japanesepod101 do u have to learn both the Kun and the On thing for japanese?

[roboticrei]

This is very helpful. Thank you, keep it up!

[strongestass]

she has an.... indian accent?

[japanesepod101]

Nope - japanese accent.

Why do you think it sounds Indian?

[strongestass]

I think it's mainly in her tones. No offense but if you ever talked to an Indian person then you would understand.

[DNYAP]

@japanesepod101 I think his ear may have confused the "R" sound. I think you speak really cool. I love accents ^^ The musicality of both Indian and Japanese speech is something that you can note in English - but they are very different.

[0diidii0]

great! Thank you so much.

[digitalimpulse]

this is great!! i just really wish spanishpod had something like this.

[lenahsm4ever]

This was really cool! kakkoi*