Kanji of the Week
Kanji Rule (6): Verticals and Horizontals
Pictures turned into kanji. Diagonal lines are used to draw pictures as well as vertical and horizontal lines. Most kanji are made with vertical and horizontal strokes. Let's fit the pictures into a square grid to make kanji.
- Meaning
meat
- Reading
On-reading: -----
Kun-reading: niku
- Mnemonics
There is a big chunk of meat. The chunk is round. Curved lines become straight lines in kanji. Meat has sinews. The lines inside of the kanji indicate sinews.
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