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50 Popular Kanji (2)

Kanji might be hard to learn, but it is also a fun part of the Japanese language. Here is 50 Popular Kanji Part 2. Click the link to find out how to write them. There are also sounds files to help your pronunciation. Check out Part 1, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9, Part 10, Part 11 and Part 12 for more popular kanji. If you have any words to suggest for popular kanji, please email me. I will consider adding them in the future.

If you are looking for basic kanji characters that are frequently used try, “Most Frequently Used Kanji”.

Achievement (Tassei) Adventure (Bouken)
Ancestor (Senzo) Art (Geijutsu)
Bond (Kizuna) Cooperation (Kyouryoku)
Creation (Souzou) Destiny (Unmei)
Dignity (Igen) Elegance (Yuuga)
Environment (Kankyou) Era (Jidai)
Generosity (Kandai) Glory (Eikou)
Gorgeous (Gouka) Hallucination (Genkaku)
Harmony (Chouwa) Hero (Eiyuu)
Imagination (Souzou) Jealousy (Shitto)
Kaleidoscope (Mangekyou) Karate 
Mercy (Jihi) Milky Way (Ama no gawa)
Miracle (Kiseki) Music (Ongaku)
Myth (Shinwa) Ninja 
Patience (Nintai) Planet (Wakusei)
Poem (Shi) Prosperity (Hanei)
Pure (Junsui) Rebirth (Saisei)
Religious Faith (Shinkou) Ronin
Self Confidence (Jishin) Sentiment (Kanshou)
Shooting Star (Ryuusei) Silence (Chinmoku)
Sincerity (Seijitsu) Solitude (Kodoku)
Song (Uta) Talent (Sainou)
Tear (Namida) Thought (Shisou)
Tiger (Tora) Trust (Shinrai)
Virtue (Kudoku) Wolf (Ookami)

50 Popular Kanji: (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), (9), (10), (11), (12)

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