Learn Japanese Kanji - Kanji Learning with a Great, Native Teacher!

[rktr1205]

Azuma san　東京＝Tokyo

[uzerofutube]

@ 3:03 Dum~~~

LOL

Chihiro is so serious, but Hiroko is so funny.

[migencluz]

the tree doesn't have that little line in the middle in this episode...

[KailasProject]

How many kanji are there?

[creativiguy12]

it also means car

[jafetrese]

i've mastered hiragana and katakana...

Kanji is so difficult to learn !!

[DNYAP]

@jafetrese one of the best thing that you can do to yourself to learn Kanji/Hanzi is to get an iPod/iPhone. The character input is fantastic!!!!!!! I wish it was the same for my android phone :( I am going to get an iPad just with that purpose

[RunDuckDuck]

I like the sound of your website... but I don't know if I can commit for life =[ loljk, I just signed up xD Your lessons are great! Thankyou x[

[Superscriptor]

It's actually kind of confusing for me when you flip the board and you have 東ほく for the On reading, I understand that you better not use the full kanji for 東北 (touhoku), but I can't help reading 東ほく as "higashihoku" ^-^

Nice lesson though

[MrMarcocaofanhua]

日本人唐朝時期，派遣唐使學習中國文化 文字，參照漢字的偏旁部首 創造日文片假名

[SuperSerialGameplay]

Hiragana and Katakana are really easy but Kanji just gives me a headache!

I'm thinking of going to Japan, so on avarage how many Kanji characters will I need to know to get around easily?

[Leafshinoby]

Umm pod101 I saw another video and it said that japanese had to learn 1006 kanjis, if I learned 1006 basically I'm good right? Cool only 1002 left!

[NubeAndNuber]

1:42 OH MY GOD. I remembered how in the other video you said the box was a sun, and I already knew that the one in front of it looked like a tree! Then when you said it I was like, "HOLY CRAP, I WAS RIGHT." (And yeah, I am new to learning Japanese so it probably isn't a big deal after all. :P)

[Blissi18]

this really helps. thank you so much.

[randomness918]

How many Kanji should a beginner be required to learn, to get around Japan easily? (I know about 50)

[SuperLineBros]

your very helpful, arigato. =3

[Commandos12]

random fact: the Japanese (way of speaking) is related to the Mongolian and the Turkish

[TheLivingDeadOne]

Hi, When you use the "on" relationship for chinese, are you showing us chinese also in this lesson, and is there a relationship between the chinese and japanese language in writing and meaning of Kanji symbles? During those I get a bit confused. Another tutorial depicted the tree Kanji symble as meaning big. Do the Kanji symbles have multiple meanings depending on their usage with other Kanji symbles?

[Yakeyglee]

@TheLivingDeadOne on readings are not the Chinese readings but they are often similar, as they were derived from the Chinese readings long ago (just as the written kanji were borrowed from Chinese as well). As for the other tutorial saying that the tree kanji meant big, you're probably confusing 木 (tree) with 大 (big). They are separate kanji that differ slightly.

[krishnabismillah]

This is just a great explanation of kanji. I study japonese at university and can tell you that this is a good video to memorize kanji even for me!!I wll keep watching it! thank you!

[psynema]

is it gramatically correct to write everything in hiragana? Will you still be understood or is it incorrect to spell a word using kanji with hiragana?

[japanesepod101]

@psynema It is not incorrect, but when sentences are written using only hiragana, it can become hard to read (like telling where words start and end), so it is better to use kanji when possible. But if you are still a beginner and don't know kanji yet, it is okay :)

[mrdaniel330]

@japanesepod101 is ur website free

[japanesepod101]

@mrdaniel330 Yes, becoming a member at our site is free, and you get access to all lessons from the past 3 weeks :)

[DNYAP]

@japanesepod101 I think that manga is a great way to learn Japanese. I am actually trying to find some Manga done for little kids - heck even babies - but I cannot find any here in the US in Japanese :( All I find are in English already.

[dirtyrat45]

wow this is really helpful and im thinking of getting a account on japanesepod101 =) Im 16 and I want to go to japan someday when im 19 or 20 so this is useful.Arigato hiroko-san

[TheSmilingRedApples]

and if i say hayashi can i write it as well in hiragana or since it is in kun reading, kanji?

[TheSmilingRedApples]

can you for example write watashi wa instead of 私は (kanji) write it in hiragana?

[japanesepod101]

@TheSmilingRedApples Sure, you can write it in hiragana as well: わたしは

[migencluz]

@japanesepod101 What does torio mean? What does Hideaki mean?

[yaoifangirlookami12]

These vids r so awesome and easy 2 follow. besides it so much more fun than reading a book about it!

[bigbossjo]

Omg your right: I never saw the tree and sun kanji in this one. Thanks I'll never forget it now ^,^

[sensou18rg]

ひがし　やけな！　HY!

[jarjar2b]

I think she's not doing it right. she should make the horizontal line longer than nichi's width.

[SilverGunZoO]

love the camera angles, and miss hiroko is a great teacher :)

[scootosan]

Hiroko-san taihen ichiban

"Dah-dom."...funny

[mashi384]

i was almost too sure that for the examples she was going to use "toukyou [Tokyo]" cuz that's where i know the kanji "tou" from xD

[omoshiroidayo]

筆か太いペンを使った方がいいと思うよ。

[HIROKOCHANNEL]

@omoshiroidayo I agree! ^^

[omoshiroidayo]

4 minutes for 1 kanji?

[mashi384]

@omoshiroidayo so what?

[drewsky684]

I think I'm in love

[Predunter]

this is awesome :D

I heard that you need to know at least about 2000 Kanji's to read a newspaper which is a lot, but on top of that every(?) Kanji has multiple readings... I don't know how you will ever memorize alle the Kanjis and it's readings...

[vumpirekizz]

so it's realy ancient wrighting? hehehehe im gonna enjoy to studie this language. thanks for uploading this video and more powers! ^_^

[KillerElmoInco]

your an awesome teacher and i mean that i cant find real easy teachings in all of the internet

[roxasgirl1992]

you´re a amazing teacher!

thank you very much you helped me a lot

[japanesepod101]

6 five-star ratings, a few link, and a lot of hits - thanks for checking the video out everyone. (^_^)/

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[sasukeblah95]

which is the very first kanji memorising lessons as in like these ones dat u post coz i wan 2 noe which one is lesson 1 n such so i can go in order