Learn how to write and read the kanji 耳
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| ひろこです (Hiroko desu.) |
| Hiroko here. |
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| Lesson 24. |
| Kanji That’s Music to Your Ears! |
| This Japanese kanji video lesson shows the right way to draw and pronounce the kanji that means the ears. |
| Okay let’s draw the kanji for this lesson. The meaning of this kanji is ears. |
| We are going to have a trick for memorizing this kanji in just a minute, but let’s first look at the readings. |
| Remember there are two readings in Japanese kanji? One is 音読み (on'yomi) , the On reading, the other one is 訓読み (kun'yomi) the Kun reading. Long story short, the On reading comes from Chinese and the Kun reading comes from Japanese. |
| Now let’s look at the On reading for today’s kanji. The On reading for this kanji is ジ (ji). The Kun reading for this kanji is みみ (mimi). |
| And remember the trick that I was telling about? Let’s look at that now. |
| See, this looks like an ear. Okay, use your imagination. It does look like a ear, yeah? See? |
| Anyways, let’s look at how to draw this kanji. Pay attention to the stroke order. 1, 2, down, 3, 4, 5, and 6. Let’s try it one more time 1, 2, 3 lines, 3, 4, 5 the longest, 6. |
| Okay let’s look at some sample words. |
| Ta-dah. |
| The On reading for this kanji is ji. Here we have じび (jibi), this word means ear and nose. |
| The Kun reading for this kanji is mimi. Here we have そらみみ (soramimi). This word means mishearing. |
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| Thank you for watching ありがとうございました (Arigatō gozaimashita.) . |
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