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-- Table of Contents --

Kanji Basics ............................................................................... 9
 A-1. Why kanji are important 9
 A-2. Listening for kanji 10
 A-3. Different readings 10
 A-4. ふりがな 11

 A-5. おくりがな 1 1
 A-6. Reading instinct 11
 A-7. The power of knowing kanji 13
Kanji lesson 1: 一ニ三四五六 ..................................................... 16
 1-1. What is a stroke? 18
 1-2. Why use brushes to write? 18
 1-3. Different types of brush strokes 18
Kanji lesson 2: 七八九十百千 ..................................................... 25
 2-1. Combining kanji to make じゅくご 2 7

 2-2. How should 十 be read when in other words? 28
 2-3. Soft sounds versus hard sounds (十) 29
Kanji Lesson 3: 日月火水木金土 ................................................. 36
 3-1. Font differences for kanji 38
 3-2. Kanji and the planets 39

 3-3. The kanji for “Japan” (日本) 40
Kanji lesson 4: 休上下左右 ........................................................ 46
 4-1. Words using opposing kanji 48
 4-2. Memorizing 左 (left) and 右 (right) stroke order 48
 4-3. Which one is left and which one is right? 48
Kanji lesson 5: 大中小円人目 ..................................................... 54
 5-1. Kanji in Japanese schools (what they learn and when) 56

 5-2. Common mistake with 人 (person) versus 入 (enter) 57
 5-3. Same kanji twice in one word using 々 (くりかえし) 57

 5-4. Small cats VS kittens (小) 58
Super Review 1 ........................................................................ 64
Kanji lesson 6: 耳口手足力 ........................................................ 67
 6-1. Kanji on your body 69
 6-2. Is it a leg or a foot??? 69
 6-3. Kanji as pictographs 69