Wednesday 16 January 2013

kanji from tree to plank


Below is the unicode ordering of common kanji from tree to plank.

木   \u6728    H69  tree  ·  wood
未   \u672A   H794  un-  ·  not yet, hitherto, still, even now, sign of the ram, 1-3PM, 8th sign of Zh zodiac
末   \u672B   H587  end  ·  close, tip, powder, posterity
本   \u672C    H70  book  ·  present, main, origin, true, real, counter for long cylindrical things
札   \u672D  H1304  tag  ·  paper money, counter for bonds, placard, bid
朱   \u6731  H1346  vermilion  ·  cinnabar, scarlet, red, bloody
朴   \u6734  H1819  crude  ·  simple, plain, docile
机   \u673A   H832  desk  ·  table
朽   \u673D  H1150  decay  ·  rot, remain in seclusion
杉   \u6749  H1467  cedar  ·  cryptomeria
材   \u6750   H485  lumber  ·  log, timber, wood, talent
村   \u6751    H52  village  ·  town
束   \u675F  H1535  bundle  ·  sheaf, ream, tie in bundles, govern, manage, control
条   \u6761   H716  article  ·  clause, item, stripe, streak
来   \u6765   H217  come  ·  due, next, cause, become
杯   \u676F  H1685  counter for cupfuls  ·  wine glass, glass, toast
東   \u6771   H184  east
松   \u677E  H1394  pine tree
板   \u677F   H373  plank  ·  board, plate, stage

The numbers Hnnnn are for Henshall's A Guide to Remembering … and the point is to construct a mnemonic tale with all 19 characters … preferrably one you can write down later with the kanji correct and legible. The '\u' numbers are the Unicode-16 values in hex.

Here is a web page with an image for the above.

The image from that page is here.




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