Kanji Lessons
Japanese writing systems
Each kanji character has at least two readings. One is the "on" (Chinese derived) reading, and the other is the "kun" (native Japanese) reading. For example: the word mountain in its "on" reading is "san," but the Japanese also use the native "kun" reading of "yama". Kanji's main use is as the roots of nouns, verbs, and adjectives.
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