生活百科巧認(rèn)日本字的5步驟

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You Will NeedPatience
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Foreign language class
Japanese-to-English dictionary

Step 1: Understand kanji    理解日本字
Understand that Japanese calligraphy symbols, or kanji, are simply basic representations of everyday objects; essentially, they are pictographs.

Remember that, although Japanese kanji and Mandarin Chinese symbols are similar, the translations are often vastly different.

Step 2: Focus on larger characters     把注意力放在字的主要部位
Focus on the larger parts of a character rather than smaller strokes or dots — these carry more meaning.

Step 3: Look for familiar pictures      參考相似的圖片
Look for familiar objects in nature, such as the kanji for “mountain” with three vertical lines, or the kanji for “sun,” a box with one horizontal line.

Step 4: Separate into parts            分成各個(gè)部分
Separate the whole character into parts. This can mean breaking the top and bottom apart or separating multiple characters.

Two or more symbols can be smashed together to form a single word — the kanji for “big” and “school” are combined to form “college.”

Step 5: Take a class or buy a dictionary      參加學(xué)習(xí)或者查字典
Take a class and buy a dictionary. A little studying can help you understand more than you think.

There are an estimated 1.2 million people of Japanese descent living in the United States.
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kanji

  n  1. 〈日〉日本漢字

calligraphy

  n.1.美術(shù)字(體)
    2.書(shū)法;筆跡;書(shū)法藝術(shù)
     Do you love calligraphy?
    你喜歡書(shū)法嗎?
    Susannah won the calligraphy prize when she was at school.
    蘇珊娜上學(xué)時(shí)贏得了書(shū)法獎(jiǎng)。

pictograph

  n.1.象形文字