カテゴリー: F

This kanji depicts a fire burning strongly, with one “fire” radical stacked on top of another. As you can imagine, this kanji means “flame.”

This kanji depicts a fish on the left and a sheep on the right. Both were essential food ingredients for ancient people, and freshness was key to making them taste delicious. Therefore, this kanji came to mean ‘fresh.’

This kanji represents the act of people lifting up something invisible—like life, enthusiasm, or a dream—with their hands. Therefore, it carries the meaning of ‘founding’ or ‘creating’ something intangible through collective human effort.

On the right side of this character, you can see a hand gently cradling a baby, while the left side shows splashes of water. This beautifully suggests that the fluid motion of holding a baby close resembles the graceful stroke of a swimming hand. Therefore, this character captures that very essence to mean ‘float’.

This character symbolizes the scene of a person walking slowly over a vast, long distance. Therefore, it perfectly captures the exact meaning of ‘far’.

On the left side, you can see meat placed on a table as an offering to the gods. On the right side is a hand. This character means ‘festival,’ which originally referred to a sacred ritual held for the gods.

On the left side of this figure, you can find a MAN standing, and on the right, there are TWO BARS. This kanji beautifully represents the warm passion and connection born between two people—which means ‘FRIENDSHIP’ or ‘MUTUAL COMPASSION’ in Japanese.

This figure symbolizes three flames flickering on burning branches, just like a cozy campfire! Therefore, this kanji captures the pure energy of ‘FIRE’ (Hi) in Japanese.

On the left side of this character, you can see the ‘SUN.’ On the right, it depicts a fresh green plant growing from clean water in a tank. Together, they represent ‘glowing beautifully in a great environment.’ Over time, its meaning shifted, and today it is used to mean ‘FINE’ or ‘CLEAR WEATHER’ in Japanese.