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. The curved lines also became straight lines.
- Meaning
evening
- Reading
On-reading: seki
Kun-reading: yuu
- Mnemonics
The sun sets into the side of a mountain. The shape of the sun became a square.
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