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Learning Japanese Kanji With Pictures – Center

中
Learning Japanese Kanji With Pictures – Center
Meaning
Center, middle
Kunyoumi
なか - naka, うち - uchi, あたる - ataru
Onyoumi
チュウ - Chou

The arrow hit the target right in the center, it’s pretty easy to remember this kanji 中. In the past the middle box part of the kanji was interpreted as a drum. The long lines is a the flagpole. This drum with a flagpole was used to gather people and to detect the direction of the wind.

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Learning Japanese Kanji With Pictures – Year

年
Learning Japanese Kanji With Pictures - Year
Meaning
Year
Kunyoumi
とし - toshi
Onyoumi
ネン - nen

Once in a year people enjoy the bountiful harvest and that’s the inspiration of the kanji 年. In the past the characterwas originally 秂 which means a person carrying wheat on his back, you can see the word 人 in there. The mnemonic concept is to remember a joyful person carrying lots of harvest once a year during harvest season!