Kanji that have ‘to speak’, ‘to say’ as a component

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Solomon Islands

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Way Road Path Street 道 みち とう どう

 
If you want to remember this kanji, think of an important man (head, samurai) running up the road.

A very good way to demonstrate the usage of kanji in Japanese is to have a closer look at the NCEA Level II kanji 道, which means way, road, path and street and can be pronounced in three different ways:　みち or とう or どう. 

Students will ask “How do you know which one it is?” The answer is really: “You don’t”; “You have to remember”. Practice makes perfect. Don’t forget if you live in Japan you are surrounded by kanji, so you would see how they related to your real world.

Here are a few examples. We also added some extra kanji that are required for NCEA Level II, so they should now make more sense:

Road Day

NCEA Level II kanji

All NCEA Level 2 kanji

The following explanations are still in the old format, 

but we will change those, given time.

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kotatsu

Hello, Sir.