Kanji of the Week
Kanji Rule (7): The Chinese Invented Kanji
The Chinese made kanji characters by observing their culture. If you look at the kanji, you can see the lifestyle of the Chinese.
- Meaning
autumn
- Reading
On-reading: shuu
Kun-reading: aki
- Mnemonics
The Chinese plant rice in the field. In autumn, ears turn into rice. People cut them down and burn them to use as fertilizer. The left side of the character expresses an ear of rice, and the right side expresses fire.
Click here to learn more about this kanji character. Click here to learn how to write the four seasons in hiragana.
