彼は簡単な漢字さえ読めない。
He cannot even read simple kanji.
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Japanese newspapers are written with Kanji and Kana.
漢字はおろか、ひらがなさえ書けない。
He cannot write hiragana, let alone kanji.
漢字仮名交じりの文を書く。
Write a text using a mixture of kanji and kana.
この漢字の正しい書き方を教えてください。
Please tell me the correct way to write this kanji.
日本の文章は、漢字と仮名を混ぜて書くのが一般的だ。
Japanese sentences are generally written by mixing kanji and kana.
先生は漢字の訓を丁寧に教える
The teacher carefully teaches the kun reading of kanji.
「貪」という漢字は、欲が深いという意味を持つ。
The kanji '貪' means to be very greedy.
漢字は偏や旁などの部首から構成されている。
Kanji are composed of radicals such as 'hen' (left side) and 'tsukuri' (right side).
「寿司」という漢字は当て字の代表的な例だ。
The kanji for 'sushi' is a representative example of ateji.
Usage Notes
Logographic characters originating from China, used as one of the three scripts in the Japanese writing system.
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