kanji N4 lesson 2

kanji N4 lesson 2

11. 新 – Meaning : new

Onyomi : しん
Kunyomi : あたら-しい

Common words using this Kanji :

新しい(あたらしい)：new; latest

新聞(しんぶん)：newspaper​

新婚(しんこん)：newly-wed​

12. 場 – Meaning : location, place :

Onyomi : じょう
ちょう
Kunyomi : ば

Common words using this Kanji :

場所(ばしょ)：place; location; spot; position​

市場(しじょう)：market (marketing language)​. Another way of reading : いちば : market (used in everyday speaking).

会場(かいじょう)：assembly hall; meeting place; venue; grounds​

13. 員 – Meaning : employee, member, number, the one in charge :

Onyomi : いん
Kunyomi :

Common words using this Kanji :

店員(てんいん)： shop assistant; employee

会社員(かいしゃいん)：company employee​; staff

14. 立 – Meaning : stand up, rise, set up, erect :

Onyomi : りつ
Kunyomi : た-つ
た-てる

Common words using this Kanji :

公立(こうりつ)：to be established by state or government

立つ(たつ)：to stand; to stand up

国立(こくりつ)：national celebration; national day

15. 開 – Meaning : open, unfold, unseal :

Onyomi : かい
Kunyomi : ひら-く
ひら-き
ひら-ける
あ-く

Common words using this Kanji :

開く(ひらく)：to open; to unpack​

開発(かいはつ)：to open a bussiness, company, deverlop

開業(かいぎょう)：opening a business; opening a practice​

16. 手 – Meaning : hand :

Onyomi : しゅ
ず
Kunyomi : て

Common words using this Kanji :

手(て)：hand

手術-  surgery; operation

手足- hands and feet; limbs​

17. 力 – Meaning : power, strength, strong, strain, bear up, exert :

Onyomi : りょく
Kunyomi : ちから

Common words using this Kanji :

努力(どりょく)-  effort; hard work

協力(きょうりょく)- cooperation; collaboration​

力(ちから)- force; strength; energy​

18. 問 – Meaning : question, ask, problem :

Onyomi : もん
Kunyomi : と-う
と-い

Common words using this Kanji :

問題(もんだい)- question (e.g. on a test); problem​

問う(とう)- to ask; to inquire​

質問(しつもん)- question; inquiry; enquiry​

19. 代 – Meaning : substitute, change, convert, replace, period, age, counter for decades of ages, eras, etc., generation, charge, rate, fee :

Onyomi : だい
Kunyomi :

Common words using this Kanji :

代表(だいひょう)- representative

時代(じだい)- period; epoch; era; age​

20. 明 – Meaning : bright, light :

Onyomi : めい
Kunyomi : あ-かり/あか-るい
あか-るむ/あか-らむ
あき-らか/あ-ける
あ-くる

Common words using this Kanji :

明かり(あかり)- light; illumination; glow

明るい(あかるい)- bright; colourful​

梅雨明け- the end of the rainy season​

明らか-  obvious; evident; clear