Ideographs

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


                    

meaning:      up, above, upper

on reading:  ジョウショウ

kun reading: うえかみ

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                     L22

meaning:     down, below, beneath

on reading:

kun reading: したしも

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                     L28

meaning:       middle, inside

on reading:    チュウ

kun reading:  なか

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                     L28

meaning:       inside

on reading:    ナイ

kun reading:  うち

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                     L6

meaning:        big, large

on reading:     ダイ

kun reading:   おお きい

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                     L7

meaning:        small

on reading:     ショウ

kun reading:   ちい さい

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                     L15

meaning:      a fewa little amount

on reading:   ショウ

kun reading: すくな

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

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                     L37

meaning:         half

on reading:     ハン

kun reading:   なか

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                    L5

meaning:          water

on reading:      スイ

kun reading:    みず

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                     P35

meaning:   earth, soil, ground, land

on reading: 

kun reading:つち

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meaning:       heaven

on reading:    テン

kun reading:  あめあま

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                     L29

meaning:      gold, metal, money

on-reading:  キン

kun-reading:かね

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meaning:       power, force

on-reading:    リキリョク

kun-reading:  ちから

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