| ひろこです (Hiroko desu.) | 
                                                                    
                                                                
                                                                            | Hiroko here. | 
                                                                    
                                                                
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                                                                            | Lesson 12. | 
                                                                    
                                                                
                                                                            | Ten Kanji. | 
                                                                    
                                                                
                                                                            | You can draw kanji for 1, 2, and 3. | 
                                                                    
                                                                
                                                                            | Now it's time to add 10 to the mix. | 
                                                                    
                                                                
                                                                            | Let’s draw today’s kanji. | 
                                                                    
                                                                
                                                                            | The meaning of this kanji is 10. | 
                                                                    
                                                                
                                                                            | Now we are going to have a trick for memorizing this kanji in just a minute but let’s first look at the reading. | 
                                                                    
                                                                
                                                                            | Remember, there are two readings in Japanese kanji? One is the 音読み (on'yomi) , the On reading and the other one is the 訓読み (kun'yomi) , the Kun reading. The On (On) readings come from Chinese and the Kun readings come from Japanese. | 
                                                                    
                                                                
                                                                            | Now, the On (On) reading for this kanji is トウ (tō) Now, let's look at the Kun reading, the Kun (Kun) reading for this kanji is じゅう (jū) . | 
                                                                    
                                                                
                                                                            | Now remember the trick that I was telling about? Let’s look at that now. | 
                                                                    
                                                                
                                                                            | 5 plus 5 is 10! | 
                                                                    
                                                                
                                                                            | Now let's look at how to draw this kanji. Pay attention to the stroke order.Left to the right. top to the bottom. Let's try it again. 1, 2. | 
                                                                    
                                                                
                                                                            | Now let’s look at some sample words. | 
                                                                    
                                                                
                                                                            | Ta-dah! | 
                                                                    
                                                                
                                                                            | The On reading for this kanji is tou. Here we have とおか(tōka), which means the 10th day. | 
                                                                    
                                                                
                                                                            | Now, the Kun reading for this kanji is ju, we have じゅうがつ (jū-gatsu) which means October. | 
                                                                    
                                                                
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