From 62753707b48abe3088e2c08fa15ba3054a8c9850 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jet Hughes Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2022 12:54:11 +1300 Subject: [PATCH] vault backup: 2022-12-19 12:54:11 --- content/notes/japanese.md | 2 +- content/notes/kanji.md | 18 ++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) create mode 100644 content/notes/kanji.md diff --git a/content/notes/japanese.md b/content/notes/japanese.md index 37c12f3f0..ffbce09ff 100644 --- a/content/notes/japanese.md +++ b/content/notes/japanese.md @@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ three types or writing ![|500](https://i.imgur.com/1YgwdZr.png) ![](https://i.imgur.com/X0adoZu.png) - +[[kanji]] # Resources diff --git a/content/notes/kanji.md b/content/notes/kanji.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..4f6d5a997 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/notes/kanji.md @@ -0,0 +1,18 @@ +--- +title: "kanji" +tags: +- japanese +- language +--- + +# Reading kanji + +each character has two readings: japanese (onyomi) and chinese (kunyomi). + +kanji that appear togeteher are usually read with onyomi + +kanji by themselves are read with kunyomi + +some chars can have more than one onyomi or kunyomi + +kunyomi is also used in adjectives and verbs as well as stand alone chars. they often also have a string of kana (called okurigana) that come attached to it.