grandfather and sparrow

But what is that kanji ?

むかし、むかし、あるところにおじいさんとおばあさんがいました。
おじいさんは、とても心の優しい人でしたが、おばあさんはたいそういじわるな人でした。

優

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The kanji 宿 starts with the same mora for its kun-yomi.

優

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autumn wind kanji

Here is an image of the Curl applet with Bashō haiku with most of the kana removed:

I find this encouraging as a student of kanji ... I see at a glance how far I have come and how far I have to go yet !

kana : Japanese syllabary characters, either hiragana or katakana ( as easy as Italian or Russian.)
kanji : characters from Chinese used for their sound, their meaning or both ( and multiples of these !)

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basho kanji only

Here is a snapshot of Bashō haiku running left to right in rows with no kana ( only kanji are displayed.)

The next step is to selectively add colour and to make kana display optional.

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