shiki, shoku and iro as 色

漢字 · かんじ

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Here is the kana color key ( black or white characters are merely a matter of contrast for legibility.)

In this scheme, ショウ is Dark Pink and ショ is light pink.

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elephant kanji sound colour mnemonic

漢字 · かんじ

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The kanji for elephant,

 象

must be recalled as

      
  ゾウ
   

This is the pattern, the shape of things to come if not an image for some sign of the times. Not crimson on green or dry yellow and brown.

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On-yomi and kun-yomi variations in the Conning kanji selections

漢字 · かんじ

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This is an unusual sequence in Conning's KKLC ; you may note that 3 have no on-yomi in Conning and 4 have no kun-yomi but this will not always match the more complete Halpern 2013 2nd ed. KKLD ( the second column of id's) or a book such as Henshall. Conning's book is focussed on learning the BASIC meanings of his 2,300 kanji (Halpern has 3,002.)

KKLC Kodansha Kanji Learner's Course, 2013, Andrew Scott Conning
KKLD Kodansha Kanji Leaner's Dictionary, 2013, 2nd Ed., Jack Halpern

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SEKI to KOKU via aka and ishi

From SEKI to KOKU via aka and ishi :

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