Grade One Kanji Part 4: 学 気 九 休 玉
This is Part 4 of a series for learning the 80 characters Japanese students learn the first year in elementary school. In this post you will learn the following kanji:
学 気 九 休 玉
You can find the previous post in Grade One Kanji Part 3: 音 下 火 花 貝
INDEX
学 (がく、まな(ぶ)) : to learn
学ぶ (まなぶ) is the verb for to learn in Japanese. 学 is pronounced as がく also and is used in all kinds of words for learning, studying, or knowledge.
学こう (がっこう) : School
だい学 (だいがく) : University
学せい (がくせい) : Student
気 (き、け) : Mind, life-Energy
気 has several different translations which you can read about in my post What does 気 mean. Some meanings though are mind, life-energy, air. This kanji is super frequent in many, many different words.
気もち (きもち) : Feeling
にん気 (にんき) : Popular
気ぶん (きぶん) : Mood
九 (きゅう、く) : Nine
九 which is pronounced きゅう or く and is the number nine.
九しゅう (きゅうしゅう) : Kyushu
九がつ (きゅうがつ) : September
休 (きゅう、やす(む)) : Rest
休 is a kanji that means rest and is used in different words like a holiday, break, and so on. The kanji when used to express the verb to rest it is pronounced やすむ.
休む (やすむ) : to rest
休じつ (きゅうじつ) : Holiday
休けい (きゅうけい) : Rest
玉 (ぎょく、たま) : Ball
玉 (たま) means ball in Japanese.
さい玉 (さいたま) : Saitama Prefecture
目玉 (めだま) : Eyeball
Resources
Japanese Ministry of Education
