Kanji N4 & N5 Desk Mat

Study Kanji, Hiragana and Katakana: You just started learning Japanese ? You’re cruising through your beginner kanji list nice and easy.

木. Hey, a tree!

山. Hey, a mountain! Heck yeah, this is easy!

The characters even sort of looks like trees and mountains. But then you look at the pronunciations… wait, why are there two ways of reading 木? Is it もく or is it き? Do I read 山 as さん or やま? almost all kanji have at least one on’yomi (Chinese origin) and one kun’yomi (Japanese origin) reading. So if you want to easily read Japanese you’ll need to know them both. On this desk mat, on’yomi is written in blue (writing in katakana) and kun’yomi in red (writing in hiragana) If you don’t know how to read them, start to study hiragana and katakana on the ride side of the desk mat. Have a great study!

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