Posts Tagged ‘Chinese Characters’
Random Kanji Knowledge: Hajime
Random Kanji Knowledge time!
始め (hajime) is pronounced ha-jee-meh, and it means “beginning/start.” There are actually a variety of kanji symbols that also can refer to the same thing, like 初め, but 始め is the one I usually roll with for this word.
If you break down the 始 symbol, it actually makes a lot of sense.
The first half (女) means “woman,” while the second half of it was taught to me as “stomach.” Well, put two and two together and thus you can figure out why I will always think of this kanji as the Japanese word for beginning. Read the rest of this entry »
Random Kanji Knowledge: Ninja
Ninjas are cool. People know what a ninja is, but what does the word actually mean?
