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Richard Medhurst

United Kingdom

Independent journalist. British 🇬🇧 Based at UN 🇺🇳 Lived around the world 🌍. International affairs, US politics and Middle East. ✉️ [email protected]

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  • 2 weeks ago | nippon.com | Richard Medhurst

    Amar y aprender el idioma japonés Idiomas Cultura Muchos tipos de palabras japonesas que designan partes del cuerpo tienen kanji con el radical “carne-luna”: cerebro (脳), hombros (肩), rodillas (膝), brazos (腕)... English 日本語 简体字 繁體字 Français Español العربية Русский El radical “carne-luna” 月 se puede encontrar en muchos kanji relacionados con el cuerpo. Recibe su nombre (nikuzuki, en japonés) del hecho de que estos caracteres están asociados con niku, “carne” (肉), pero su radical, una forma...

  • 1 month ago | nippon.com | Richard Medhurst

    Learning and Loving the Japanese Language Language Culture All kinds of Japanese words for parts of the body have kanji with the “meat-moon” radical, including the brain (脳), shoulders (肩), knees (膝), and arms (腕). English 日本語 简体字 繁體字 Français Español العربية Русский The “meat-moon” radical 月 can be found in many kanji connected with the body. It gets its name (nikuzuki in Japanese), because these characters are associated with niku, meat or flesh (肉), but their radical—a simplified form of...

  • 1 month ago | nippon.com | Richard Medhurst

    Learning and Loving the Japanese Language Language Culture Kanji with the metal radical, written as 金, include kinds of metal like silver (銀) and iron (鉄), and metal objects like needles (針) and keys (鍵). A look at the characters that tell these “hard” stories. English 日本語 简体字 繁體字 Français Español العربية Русский The kanji 金, meaning “metal,” is among the first group of 80 characters learned by children in the first grade of elementary school. It also appears as a radical in many characters...

  • 2 months ago | nippon.com | Richard Medhurst

    Amar y aprender el idioma japonés Idiomas Cultura Los kanji con el radical de árbol, 木, suelen ser caracteres con una fuerte conexión semántica con los árboles y la madera. English 日本語 简体字 繁體字 Français Español العربية Русский Los estudiantes de la escuela primaria, en Japón, aprenden el kanji 木, que significa “árbol” o “madera”, en su primer curso. También estudian 林, que es una “arboleda” relativamente pequeña, y 森, que es un “bosque”. Aprender los primeros caracteres con el radical de...

  • Mar 17, 2025 | nippon.com | Richard Medhurst

    Learning and Loving the Japanese Language Language Culture Japanese kanji with the tree radical, written as 木, tend to focus on characters with a strong semantic connection to trees and wood. English 日本語 简体字 繁體字 Français Español العربية Русский Japanese elementary school students learn the kanji 木, which means “tree” or the material “wood,” in the first grade. They also study 林, which is a “grove” or other smallish accumulation of trees, and 森, which is a “forest.” Picking up the first...

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