Ideographs

The characters shown below are examples of what are often called "ideographs"; they represent an idea with a picture.


上                    

meaning:      up, above, upper

on reading:  ジョウ、ショウ

kun reading: うえ、かみ

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下                     L22

meaning:     down, below, beneath

on reading: カ、ゲ

kun reading: した、しも

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中                     L28

meaning:       middle, inside

on reading:    チュウ

kun reading:  なか

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内                     L28

meaning:       inside

on reading:    ナイ

kun reading:  うち

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大                     L6

meaning:        big, large

on reading:     ダイ

kun reading:   おお (きい)

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小                     L7

meaning:        small

on reading:     ショウ

kun reading:   ちい (さい)

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少                     L15

meaning:      a few, a little amount

on reading:   ショウ

kun reading: すくな (い)

In the character  少,  小 (small) has been modified to mean "small in amount".

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半                     L37

meaning:         half

on reading:     ハン

kun reading:   なか (ば)

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水                    L5

meaning:          water

on reading:      スイ

kun reading:    みず

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土                     P35

meaning:   earth, soil, ground, land

on reading: ド、ト

kun reading:つち

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天

meaning:       heaven

on reading:    テン

kun reading:  あめ、あま

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金                     L29

meaning:      gold, metal, money

on-reading:  キン

kun-reading:かね

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力

meaning:       power, force

on-reading:    リキ、リョク

kun-reading:  ちから

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