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Kanji (p. 5 to 12 in Additional Notes for L3 Part 2)

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1. Kanji delivers meanings as well as sounds.

両親は大学で日本語を教えています。(My) Parents teach the Japanese language in a university.

2. Kanji enables to understand sentences faster.

にわににわにわとりがいます

庭に二羽鶏がいます。庭 | に | 二羽 | 鶏 | が |います。

Garden 2 birds chicken Kanji: showing core concepts/meanings of the

sentences

Hiragana: adding grammatical relationships of the concepts

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Authentic Japanese Writing

No space between the words

Mixing all the three types of characters

バンクーバーアイランド大学はバンクーバー島のナナイモにあります。

3. It is not easy for the Chinese speakers, too.

新聞、大丈夫、働く

East - 東 vs. 東/东 Sea – 海 vs. 海/海See p. 6 in Additional Notes for Lesson 3 Part 2 for more examples for the differences between Chinese characters and Japanese Kanji.

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Studying How to Write Kanji

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1. Study and remember the correct shapes & meanings of each character using “Kanji List and Memorization” section (p. 8 to 10) of Additional Notes for Lesson 3 Part 2.

Do not use other printed materials to remember the correct shapes of handwritten characters.

Model for Handwriting

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2. Study and remember the correct writing orderusing the “Kanji Writing Order” section in “Kanji Practice” section of each lesson in VIULearn.It is extremely important to follow the proper writing order because it helps: 1) To write the character neatly; and2) To look up a kanji in kanji dictionaries.Also, pay attention to how to end each line.

2. Do the first page of Kanji Writing Practice Sheet(downloadable from “Kanji Practice” section of each lesson in VIULearn)

See “4. Kanji writing Basic Rules” on p. 7 of Additional Notes for Lesson 3 Part 2.

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Things to be Careful in Writing of だい三かのかんじ

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1. Is it written in one stroke or two?

四 五 百 円 時2. Does a line go through or not?

五 万2. Is there a hook or not?

四 七 九 万 円 時

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4. The direction of lines

六 時5. Others

八 八 ☓

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Studying How to Use Kanji

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1. Study the usage of each Kanji using the “Reading” section (p. 11 & 12 ) of Additional Notes for L3 Part 2.

2. Do Kanji usage exercises on the second page of your Kanji Practice Sheet for each lesson. Write ふりがな on the Kanji you write.ふりがな is the pronunciations written in Hiragana on top of Kanji.

にせん

e.g., 二千ふりがな

Two Types in Kanji Readings

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Kun-readings Readings originated in the Japanese language Usually used independently

One whole word or a stem of a verb/adjective is expressed by one Kanji character

e.g., 大きい = おお・きい= large

In dictionaries and Kanji references, it is usually written in Hiragana.

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On-readings Reading originated in the Chinese language Usually used in the compound use

Two or more Kanji characters are used to create one worde.g., 大学 = だい・がく = university

In dictionaries and Kanji references, it is usually written in Katakana*

*It is always written in Hiragana in ふりがな (i.e., the pronunciations added to Kanji)

How to decide When and Which Kanji to Use

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Pick the Kanji that matches with the meaning of the word you want to write with.e.g, 3,900 = three thousand nine hundred

Particles are always written in Hiragana. Never written in Kanji!e.g., I am going to school.

×わたしは がっこうニ いきます。 ＊二=２

○わたしは がっこうに いきます。

Do not relying on the pronunciations (=readings) of Kanji when deciding which one to use.

に く

e.g., にく (meat)→×ニ九 (2, 9)

三 千 九 百= 三千九百

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Remembering each reading separately helps you to read kanji characters in e.g., 人Kun-reading = ひと On-reading = ジン

あの人＝あの＋人(two words)=independentに ほん

日本人＝Japanese (one word)=compound

ひと

じん

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A Kanji character often has multiple ways to readはち はちまん

八 (eight), 八万 (ten thousands); butはっ はっぴゃく はっせん

八さい (age), 八百 (hundreds), 八千(thousands)

Pay attention to how each character is used Be careful with: 一 (いち・いっ)、四（よん・よ・し）、六（ろく・ろっ）、七（なな・しち）、八（はち・はっ）、九（きゅう・く）、十（じゅう・じゅっ）、百（ひゃく・びゃく・ぴゃく）、千（せん・ぜん）