Kanji of the Week
Kanji Rule (5): Circles Became Squares.
Pictures are turned into kanji, but there are no circles used in kanji. Therefore circles became squares. Curved lines also became straight lines.
- Meaning
sun
- Reading
On-reading: nichi
Kun-reading: hi, ka
- Mnemonics
The sun is round. The circle became a square in kanji. There is a sunspot in the middle of sun. This black dot became a straight line, too.
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