Kanji For Lessons 7-9

Kanji For Lessons 7-9

These are the kanji for lessons 7 through 9. Is this entry, you will be learning a total of 11 kanji. From now on I am going to use these kanji in the place of the hiragana. So make sure to study and memorize these!

1. [毎]
[On] - マイ - mai
[Kun] - ごと - goto
[Meaning] Always (together), every (time)

2. [大]
[On] - ダイ - dai
[Kun] - 大きい - おおきい - ookii
[Meaning] Big, large

3. [小]
[On] - ショウ/コ - shou/ko
[Kun] - 小さい - ちいさい - chiisai
[Meaning] Small

4. [上]
[On] ジョウ - jou
[Kun] - うえ - ue
[Meaning] Above, top

5. [下]
[On] - ゲ/カ - ge/ka
[Kun] - した - shita
[Meaning] Under, bottom

6. [中]
[On] - チュウ - chuu
[Kun] - なか - naka
[Meaning] Middle, inside

7. [学]
[On] - ガク/ガッ - gaku/ga
[Kun] - まなぶ - manabu
[Meaning] Learn

8. [生]
[On] - セイ/ショウ - sei/shou
[Kun] - う(まれる), う(む), なま - u(maru), u(mu), nama
[Meaning] Birth, life, person, raw (nama)

9. [校]
[On] - コウ - kou
[Kun] None
[Meaning] School

10. [好]
[On] - コウ - kou
[Kun] す(き) - su(ki)
[Meaning] Fond, like

11. [先]
[On] - セン - sen
[Kun] - さき - saki
[Meaning] Move forward


Here are some words you can write using the kanji we've learned so far:

毎日 - mainichi - Everyday
学校 - gakkō - School
学生 - gakusei - Student
大学生 - daigakusei - College student
高校生 - kōkōsei - High school student
中学生 - chūgakusei - Middle School/Junior high student
小学生 - shōgakusei - Elementary student
先生 - sensei - Teacher
大好き - daisuki - Love, really like
生ビール - nama biiru - Draft beer
山の上 - yama no ue - Top of a mountain
木の下 - ki no shita - Under a tree
水の中 - mizu no naka - In water
一日中 - ichinichi juu - All day long
下さい - kudasai - "Please do..." (This is a special reading for 'kudasai')
一生 - isshō - Lifetime