Tuttle Learning Japanese Kanji. Glen Nolan Grant

      Meaning

      A versatile character that expresses the ideas of “middle”, “medium”, and “average”, etc. This kanji can also serve as an abbreviation for China; “日” is used as the equivalent with respect to Japan.

      Remembering this kanji

      I approached the sleeping vampire with the pole shaking in my hands: it was now or never. Raising the weapon over his feet I prepared to bring it down, but at the last moment the master’s words came back: “How many times must we go over this? Drive it through the MIDDLE of the vampire! The MIDDLE!” Yes, I thought, placing the pole over the vampire’s stomach, it would all go perfectly now.

      Common Pronunciations

      Common ON reading: CHŪ (チュウ)

      Common kun reading: naka (なか)

      kun-yomi suggestion: “knack ’a”

      Create your on-yomi keyword and enter it in the table at the back of the book. After that, write your sentence to remember the on-yomi and kun-yomi readings in the box below.

      Less Common Pronunciations

      Less common ON reading: JŪ (ジュウ)

      Less Common kun reading: none

COMMON WORDS AND COMPOUNDS
中	middle	naka なか
中心	middle + heart = center	CHŪ.SHIN チュウ.シン
中米	middle + rice (America) = central America	CHŪ.BEI チュウ.ベイ
中国	middle + country = China	CHŪ.GOKU チュウ.ゴク
中立	middle + stand = neutrality	CHŪ.RITSU チュウ.リツ
中古	middle + old = secondhand	CHŪ.KO チュウ.コ
水中	water + middle = underwater/in the water	SUI.CHŪ スイ.チュウ

SAMPLE SENTENCE:
車	の	中	に	なに	が	あります	か。
kuruma	no	naka	ni	nani	ga	arimasu	ka.
car		middle		what		is
= What is in your car?

      KANJI #19

八

EIGHT

      Meaning

      Eight.

      Remembering this kanji

      This is another kanji in the manner of “one” and “mouth” for which it is useful to assign an external meaning, in this case, a volcano: “I can’t be sure, but I think the Krakatoa volcano (which erupted in the 1880’s) was one of the EIGHT wonders of the ancient world.”

      Common Pronunciations

      Common ON reading: HACHI (ハチ)

      Common kun reading: none

      Create your on-yomi keyword and enter it in the table at the back of the book. After that, write your sentence to remember the on-yomi reading in the box below.

      Less Common Pronunciations

      Less common ON reading: none

      Less Common kun reading: yō (よう); ya- (やっ); ya (や)

      Interestingly, the first two kun-yomi readings are like the Less common kun-yomi for “three” and “four” (Entries 5 and 10, respectively), and are found in only one word each: 八日 [yō·ka (よう·か)] “the eighth day of the month,” and 八つ [yat·tsu (やっ·つ)] the general counter for “eight.”

COMMON WORDS AND COMPOUNDS
八	eight	HACHI ハチ
八月	eight + moon (month) = August	HACHI·GATSU ハチ.ガツ
八人	eight + person = eight people	HACHI·NIN ハチ.ニン
八円	eight + circle (yen) = eight yen	HACHI·EN ハチ.エン
八時	eight + time = eight o’clock	HACHI·JI ハチ.ジ

SAMPLE SENTENCE:
八月	に	秋田	へ	行きましよう。
HACHI·GATSU	ni	Aki·ta	e	i·kimashō.
August		Akita		let’s go
= Let’s go to Akita in August.

      COMPONENT #20

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