Learning Japanese Kanji with Fun Mnemonic
A list of mnemonic images to help you to learn and remember the meaning of Japanese Kanji.
To remember the kanji 今, just imagine it as a cuckoo clock, the cuckoo clock tells you what time is now.
The sun rises from the east, and you can see a tree in front of the rising sun. That’s an easy way to remember the kanji 東. It can be interpreted as combination of the kanji sun (日) and tree (木). The original kanji’s depiction is actually a bag tied at both ends.
To remember the kanji 上, just remember an index finger pointing up.
It’s very easy to memorise the kanji した – shita (下) it’s basically a hand pointing down with the thumb next to it.
Between the opened window doors you can see the sun shining. That’s how you should remember the kanji 間.
The kanji 生 is a pictographic of a budding plant. Remember that life of a plant is signified with the existence of a leaf on it. Without leaves, the plant won’t live!
There is a big surprise behind this man!
The kanji see 見 is a combination of the character 目 eye and 儿 a pair of human legs, so to remember the kanji 見, just remember that it looks like a Disney movie character whom I shouldn’t mention here.
To remember the Kanji remember this part (彳) as a son who is waving good bye to his dad who is wearing a hat (亍).
To know the time, people look at the sun from the temple. That’s how we remember this kanji 時.