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土 Soil | ド , ト • つち

I'm teaming up with Eve Kushner, the author Crazy for Kanji. Eve has a new blog coming out called Kanjipedia. Each week she'll write about kanji. Included in the blog will be images from my book, Kanji Pictographix.

Visit Kanjipictographix.com

I've built Kanjipictographix.com using WordPress. It's still rough around the edges, but it's coming along. Besides ads that list services related to learning kanji, the new blog has a fun slideshow, plus I've added new features like Showcase with work from other artists, Insights for intriguing observations about Japanese language, and a dedicated section about kanji compound words.

Check it out at KanjiPictographix.com. Tell your friends.

Michael

* This blog is moving to Kanjpictographix.com

Hi, just a note that my kanji mnemonics are being posted at www.kanjipictographix.com. It's a more dynamic site with improved content, contributions from other artists, and a place to buy posters of my work. Please visit. Leave comments. And click on the ads. Thanks. Michael Rowley

万 Ten Thousand, Myriad | マン , バン • よろず

Today I will have reached 10,000 unique visitors to this blog.

I thought it would be cool to show the mnemonic for the kanji 10,000, but I don't have one. It's a challenging to create a mnemonic for this one. It's etymology suggests it's origins in everything from a simplification of the ancient swastika symbol which has connotations of all encompassing. Or perhaps it's from a pictograph of a scorpion which doesn't help explain how it came to mean 10,000. 

習 Learn | シュウ , ジュ • なら.う , なら.い

Kanji Mnemonic 307

The top element is wings, the bottom, self.

俳 Actor | ハイ

Kanji Mnemonic 959

Actor takes a bow

An outcast of the season—

Empty theater

仁 Benevolent | ジン , ニ , ニン

Kanji Mnemonic 906

A benevolent doctor takes care of two people.

歯 Tooth | シ • よわい , は , よわ.い , よわい.する

Kanji Mnemonic 290

This kanji contains the characters for stop and rice. 

I can't stop eating rice?

I haven't posted for some time now, but I'm happy to see the traffic is steady. I'm still working on getting this blog into WordPress. I still have some technical details to iron out plus I've been a wee bit busy of late. Thanks.

Changes to this blog

Soon I will be switching this blog to one created using WordPress with more robust features and hopefully more traffic.

I'm in the process of moving files. My apologies if you tried to view a link I posted earlier today.

Thanks.

Michael Rowley