Kanji Day 1 for Beginners 心悲忘思亡 (Etymology, Readings, Meanings, Examples)

[@alessioaru3686]

Misa: " This means heart as an organ" *Shows 心臓* Me, remembering Erwin's sacrifice: *悲しい*

[@syntheticvocalist-p472]

Lol dedicate your organ!

[@Mikelaxo]

Wait, so Erwin demands for his soldiers to literally give away their hearts for the sake of humanity...no wonder they keep diying

[@xXJ4FARGAMERXx]

Me remembering korone's Kanji clip: _Yeah this is big brain time_

[@Kenta-0159]

SHINZOUU SASAGEYO!!

[@digdug1431]

You just reminded me of Steve Irwin... :'-(

[@cat7353]

I would have never guessed that the 田 in 思 was meant to represent a child's brain o.O I always remembered it by thinking that japanese people were always thinking about how much they love rice fields 😅

[@peepingtom9342]

In Heisig's book (look it up, if you are not familiar with it) he pairs it with simply "brain".

[@ihaveseverefrootsnackism]

@@peepingtom9342 Yeah. For example, with 胃, the top part originally meant rice field and the bottom originally meant month, but as primitives, they mean brain and body part, respectively. Then I got "The brain is powered by what body part? The stomach." ye

[@abu-ayyubcedric-ali4041]

The kanji 田 in the sens of child's brain come from the chinese character 囟 meaning "fontanelle" and anathomicaly a child's skull with fontanelle is divided in 4 parts ( 2 frontal bones + 2 parietal bones), that's for the growning up of the child's skull can follows the growing up of child's brain.

[@badsketch9264]

Btw, I was listening to this without headphones and my roommates didn't know that I was studying and weren't paying much attention. Turns out they concluded I was watching a tutorial on realistic anatomical drawings (heart, organ, tear) and I only figured it out because they wanted to see if a child's brain really looks that much different.

[@karthurh]

There's a lot of heart sketches in my school bathroom lol

[@richardbaez566]

LOL

[@angelosvaldo6351]

I gotcha, I undertood your bars.

[@deepaknain1149]

Show that's to your mom.

[@mynameisnotshane404]

LMAOOO

[@tydoworld4904]

and the high school textbooks too XD

[@NorbiCircusArtist]

For the unaware, and those who want to make recognising body part kanji easier: the moon (月) radical is actually a squashed meat (肉) radical. It’s a bit more obvious when you look at the Chinese version of that radical ⺼ So there isn’t a moon in all the body parts, there’s flesh in all the body parts.

[@xXJ4FARGAMERXx]

Originaly the 3rd and 4th strokes (丿￣亅ーー) 1st 丿 2nd ￣亅 3rd ー 4th ー in つきへん(月) were not connected to the 2nd stroke (亅) but they were connected in にくづき(月) but now in modern fonts this difference is no longer apparant A way to remember which is which is just to see the location, if it's to the left or bottom it's 肉づき, but if it's to anywhere else it's つき(月:🌒) I treat it just like 貝, if it's alone it means Shellfish, but if it's a radical then Most of the time it means money, like 買 or 員 or 貧 or 負

[@kylano525]

Yooooooo that's so cool

[@numburger]

What about in words like 湖 (Lake)? 氵, 古, and 月 (the radical, not the actual Moon lol)

[@vialvial1246]

@@numburger 湖means lake，氵is what we said “three dots water” in Chinese, which suggests the kanji is about water. 胡itself is a Chinese character which suggests the sound. Both 湖 and 胡 are pronounced “hu2” (sound “who”) in Chinese. Now what does 胡 means？It means mustache, so again it is a part of the body. By the way, the left part of 胡 is 古 (means old or ancient) which is pronounced gu3(goo) in Chinese suggesting that 胡 has this “oo” sound.

[@washitokusei6801]

But the moon's made of cheese not meat, right? Right!?

[@Hasatame]

心 = 訓読み (こころ) | 音読み (シン） 悲しい = 訓読み (かな) | 音読み (ヒ） 思う = 訓読み (おも）| 音読み (シ） 亡くなる = 訓読み (な)| 音読み (ゾウ） 忘れる = 訓読み (わす) | 音読み (ボウ)

[@lachlank.8270]

Ore no kokoro totoro

[@AtitJee]

I laughed my head off with the 心 sketch 😂

[@Catralasarguido]

"this is a heart" my face (O.O)

[@spizarro5577]

Y-yeah... A heart... Suuuuure...

[@camelway]

It is a guys heart. :D

[@cactustactics]

If you'd told me it was a sketch of an actual heart with ventricles / blood spurting out I would have been convinced, but noooo

[@h3llmag3]

Misa Sensei trying hard not to laugh XD

[@indi191]

This is so useful, even as an intermediate learner! Etymology is often passed over, but it is so essential in helping to actually remember the kanji! Thank you Misa Sensei

[@Horfenico]

@Anthony Rubino I don't think so lol. I've memorized around 1000 kanji just fine without it lmao. Better to memorize kanji through vocab, as readings are not static, and sometimes words that use kanji are barely related to that kanji's original meaning. Like the word 不況 (ふきょう)　(recession) 不 = Not 況 = Condition Individually you would never be able to guess that the word means recession.

[@585ghz]

Agree

[@ericsurf6]

Great lesson Misa sensei. Thank you so much~!

[@TheMexicantaco31]

oh shit the legend tunes in!!! 0.0

[@kimqadir7543]

This was the best Kanji explanation I have ever seen. It was wonderful. Can we have 2025 more Kanjis please. Thanks Sensei. ❤️❤️

[@ross1972]

No problem she only needs to set aside 10 years or so to make all those videos haha

[@ihaveseverefrootsnackism]

"To forget" Nice kanji choice for the thumbnail. I'll be doing plenty of forgetting along the journey.

[@cristobaljvp]

Now I feel I can't forget these kanjis. Thanks Misa sensei, I'll be waiting for more. pd: I hope this comment motivates you lol

[@juanh.g.3592]

Kanji lessons are always very educational. We are happy you keep smiling and laughing.

[@JenniferNg0529]

I love this lesson! I've been struggling to learn kanji. I was surprised to find out most Japanese don't know how to write kanji and recognizing kanji is good enough. I would love more of these kanji videos Misa sensei! 💕

[@the_n00b_gamergirl]

She said, "I love you" at the end 🥺🥰😙🤗😍 WE LOVE YOU TOO MISA 先生!!! 🙌

[@edamix3184]

Yeah ! It only remains 2136 kanji ! It means 426 more videos with MIsa ! :D

[@jbleez4771]

I would share this with everyone I know but im the only one I know studying Japanese, This series is going to be super awesome! hope it gets continued!

[@judestarbabypup]

same lol.

[@astrastellari5986]

Etymology always makes me remember kanji better. Please make more of such lessons, Misa-sensei, they are really helpful.

[@saraiberio1106]

How odd how the kanji for 心 actually looks like a heart chamber with arteries and veins to me. IDK where thAT sketch came from though. Hahahaha

[@DuBstepAnDa98]

I thought the same thing lol

[@AllenTsuna]

When I started 2 years ago, I remembered 亡 like a coffin, or a locked container or something like that, in which something is confined and therefore becomes "inexistant" in a way, I guess.

[@SunWarrior155]

Writing kanji actually helps in memorization. It also helps you distinguish similar looking kanji. So, although Misa has a point, you're generally not required to write complex characters, it still helps a ton when learning.

[@shizzlebizzfizz]

This is really cool, I have been looking for more learning kanji through etymology videos and this is perfect! I have seen videos of Japanese learning English words through etymology which is really neat to see. Apparently this is a new thing to do or at least I have not seen a lot of people teach kanji this way but for me learning the etymology really helps me retain it better.

[@minutekanji7082]

I love etymology too! It's so interesting and intriguing. Do you know Richard Sears (aka "uncle hanzi")? He digitalized thousands of ancient kanji and their evolution. The thing is many of them have changed so much through time that they don't even resemble their origin. Or others are used just as a phonetic guide, that is, in terms of symbolism, the image does not represent the actual word but just the sound of it.

[@Lizard14]

Thank you soooo much!!! It was such a great lesson! So much easier to remember kanji like this

[@bjornh1527]

You´re so good at learning kanji. Explaining the individual parts and meaning is so helpful. I´m going to study this series of lessons!

[@erolguler1352]

I've seen a lot of kanji videos, including your old ones, but this is hands down the best kanji tutorial I've ever seen since you include etymology I've never even heard of or seen covered anywhere else! Please make more for the other 2000 daily-use kanji (probably impossible, but please make as many as you can).

[@spizarro5577]

I've been waiting a video like this for months! Thank you so muuuuch

[@Joezone619]

Having a lot of trouble trying to find where to learn kanji online, so far this video/series is helping the most. A well deserved like.

[@MEGAMIGA]

It really amazes me to see that a language can use such a complex writing system!

[@eclipse77x]

その説明はとても素晴らしかった、ミサ先生。本当にありがとう。この主語の次のビデオを楽しみしています！

[@fvgoya]

OMG!!!! That’s the EXACTLY type of kanji videos that I REALLY like. Not only learn the kanji but the meaning behind the kanji shape. Amazing!!! Please make more videos like this one.

[@sebastiendumais4246]

This is a very good video 👍 The explanation is very clear and concise.... No need for ridiculous stories! I think when we get further along in kanji study, we see that most characters have a left/right or up/down construction with a hint at the meantime and a hint of the on'yomi....

[@crystaljenn123]

Hi Misa, you are really a big help to us who struggle a lot in memorizing/writing Kanji. I am really really grateful to you. Hope you could continue your Kanji series, it would really mean a lot. Thank you so much!!!

[@darkr_aleks261]

Misa-sensei, thank you so much for deciding to make this much needed video series!! I'm a third year Japanese uni student and sometimes I still struggle to remember the most complex kanji. Actually, my greatest problem is remembering the stroke order when writing, but I'm sure reviewing with you will be of great help!

[@Catralasarguido]

THIS! THIS! thank you very much!, very good video (best I could find about kanjis so far). I´ll try to support with what little I can

[@1wingedauron]

I'm so glad you're continuing these! I've been struggling with kanji and most of the other lessons I've tried haven't gone into as much depth as you do, so I've had trouble remembering them. But you not only explain the kanji but give examples of how to use them which makes learning it so much easier. Thank you so much!

[@LadyPiachu]

Girrl I love you, this is super helpful!! I’m gonna enjoy every second of this series. Subscribed! 💕✨

[@linalili2698]

Hm from an anatomical point of view it actually looks like a heart , the down longest stroke is the left ventricule , the stroke on the right is the cavus vein , while the stroke on the right is the pulmonary vein , and the one on top is the aorta

[@SatchPatch25]

This is great for me! I find it hard to just see the kanji and simply memorize it. It's like looking at lines and eventually they all start to look similar. I find it much easier when i learn them through symbolism. It's also easier to learn different ones that branch from that. I wish everyone taught kanji this way. Thank you so much for your effort!

[@KamiDesu7]

Please do more of the etymology lessons. Really helps me remember writing the kanji especially when you break down the pictographs.

[@kevingabriel8642]

studying kanji with etymology makes it so much easier and much more fun. Please continue!

[@cactustactics]

Having the radicals explained as you go is great! Helps you connect the ideas and gives you more chance of remembering things

[@yumeko-aiai]

MISASENSEI, LOVE THIS KIND OF VIDEOS PLEASE MAKE MILLIONS OF THEM THEY'RE SO INTERESTING ISTG LOVE YOUR VIDEOS

[@carlmosley3492]

Thank you for drawing the boxes around the different Kanji that are together I never visualized Kanji in this way before. I did not notice the similarities until now

[@moriganbecks4811]

Good work. Always appreciate what you do in preparation for each video. Stay safe.

[@Selaranification]

please keep going misa. ive never managed to finish a video except this one. a good 15 minute lesson with about 5 easy kanji and good examples is perfect.

[@samato-pk9jb]

Thanks!

[@michael9905]

You are an excellent teacher! You have opened my mind to learning this very difficult endeavour. And you speak very clearly. Thank you!

[@ribbon_nucleotide]

Very good and useful! I sent it to my friends as well. I love it when people talk about why the kanjis look the way they look, it helps me remember

[@3bouldersurban653]

Really nice breaking down the kanji this way, although I’m a new beginner, I enjoyed it. Waiting for the next lesson. Keep up the good work!💕 🔥

[@fernandoo.8737]

I am already loving this series so much! I also study chinese and it's interesting how in many of the radicals and kanjis themselves the meaning was retained.

[@phoenixthedragon6798]

When you first showed 思 omo(u), I immediately thought "oh! So it's like mental plotting. To think is like cultivating land, but in the mind!" And That's So Cool! 凄いよ thanks for giving etymology with the lessons, Misa San! I know it may take longer, but I'm learning new kanji faster, and faster, with each new piece to this beautiful language puzzle

[@annar959]

I've been watching your videos for a year now and thanks to them I could actually skip a few courses in my language school - 5 semesters to be exact! It's unbelievable how much you can learn with your videos. I especially love the grammar section. For me it's just so much easier to learn while listening, than just by looking at a textbook. Since I am learning for JLPT N4 now, I realized how bad my kanji knowledge is. Were it not for kanji, I could pass the test now :) So a series on kanji ist just exactly what I needed! Thank you so much Misa-Sensei!!! Greetings from Germany!!!

[@wkelly4963]

Thank you for this lesson, I'm near to give up on Japanese because I don't have enough time but if you make more of these videos, it will be a lot easier. Thank you so much. ❤

[@ShinFahima]

Don't give up! Just take it nice and slow. :D

[@myallhanckel8405]

i love how you picked the most usefull one for us for the thumbnail.

[@dukaiistvan3095]

Loved your original hiragana/katakana video too.This reminds me of that.I'm so ashamed of being unable to support you, after all you've given.I can't even get my own life together.Wishing you success and health,and if you're a teacher in real life, your students definetly respect you.

[@vanessayumi3314]

Thank you Misa! You're awesome! Always helping me out to improve my Japanese :).

[@JEMUZU444]

Great timing! I’ve been needing methods to memorize kanji. ありがとうございます 😃

[@minutekanji7082]

Do you find mnemonics useful to memorize them?

[@JEMUZU444]

@@minutekanji7082 I actually haven’t tried to learn in that method it’s seemed too convoluted and overwhelming at first, learning stroke order for kanji did help a lot to write faster and some memorization but I don’t feel like I’m retaining as much as I would have hoped. So I am considering trying the mnemonics method.

[@minutekanji7082]

@@JEMUZU444 It depends on the person's way of thinking but, I also find exausting the stroke repeating method. That's why I started animating them or searching the etymology when possible, so it has some story behind that I can remember. I'd love to know your opinion as student if you find it useful (^ｖ^)

[@JEMUZU444]

@@minutekanji7082 Already subscribed! I like the animations, they are excellent!

[@minutekanji7082]

@@JEMUZU444 ありがとうございます!　I hope you achieve your learning goals ☺️

[@Marc-Shiru]

I knew these from rtk, but hearing you talk about them for whatever reason just made it set in. Thank you for the time you put into your videos.

[@alexanderjones5109]

thank you so much! i have such a hard time with kanji, my memory is really bad and kanji is so complicated it makes it hard to retain any of it. but this helps simplify it a bit!

[@minutekanji7082]

がんばってね　٩(^ヮ^ )۶　If you write them down and search it on the internet you will eventually remember them. Like in movie tittles, or the news etc. I'm making short kanji mnemonic animations to help memorize them too. Maybe you find it useful

[@shaxosYT]

For memorization, I found very useful the style suggested by the book "Remember the Kanji" (and similar websites like koohii)

[@judestarbabypup]

I find the Kanji Tree app super helpful too. It's very cheap and even the free version doesn't have ads.

[@gloom9799]

I love kanji etymology, as it helps me understand and remember them better! Please keep doing this, your lessons are always super easy and nice to listen to! Thank you so much, みさ先生!

[@oscarzermeno9224]

This channel and this lady are pure gold. I'm greatful I discoverd it. 😊

[@indigo_wyvern]

Thanks for the great lesson. Please continue teaching kanji.

[@DanielK1213th]

wow this explanation is the best. I've been studying kanji for a while and this method really sticks in my mind.

[@badsketch9264]

This video is the one we needed! SHARING!

[@nerdychocobo]

I knew the kanji but learning the etymology is really cool and can help me recognise new kanji! Learning that 悲 is representing a broken heart was really cool, ありがとうございますミサ先生！

[@Naruto67ful]

I just have to say I really appreciate you taking the time to make these videos! They're really helpful, and easy to follow.

[@Risesandy]

Super helpful! Thank you for another video. You're always so clear with your lessons. Kanji videos are extra important for anyone learning at home.

[@MasterWingman]

I really like this format. It's very effective and clear when you break it down.

[@GeemoCh]

more of this please! really helpful

[@DrBreyn]

Thank you very much for your hard work here Misa! You are so nice

[@SaulLFG]

Your videos are so informative. It's absolutely incredible to have this kind of education for free, thank you!

[@kostyashoomsky4201]

I really really really want these series to keep going! I'm so interested in 漢字 and it's just extremely helpful. Especially I appreciate the etymology part! I would really like to know the origins of 漢字 because not only it helps to remember the characters, but it's also super interesting! みさ先生、どうもありがとうございます。

[@gatorball8824]

Please continue this series Misa Sensei! This video was very helpful for me, especially bc I'm still at a beginner level

[@KanisterPotasu]

This made me think that I should try learning the radicals by 心 to have easier time remembering the other kanji. Great video.

[@nickinlondon4644]

What a great lesson! I will admit that when I was first notified of this video (I'm a subscriber) I gave it a miss as I've always viewed kanji as too difficult to even try learning. But today I had a bit of spare time so I thought I'd have a look (and seeing Misa always cheers me up anyway!) and I am so impressed. The teaching style is perfect. I actually knew all the vocabulary already, so Misa was just connecting the kanji to words I already knew, which made it much easier to remember, and she explained the kanji origin and use perfectly. I will now definitely remember these kanji. Amazing! I'm now definitely going to watch the rest of this series. Maybe I will learn kanji after all!

[@rosalineareola6844]

your teaching method is superb Misa-sensei! Just so you know you are a very special person to me because you taught me japanese. i dont use books or any other video lessons your channel is enough for mee.

[@easyCodeRu]

Thanks a lot, this video is really helpful to remember not only the kanji as itself, but also the basics.

[@xexwxw5538]

Please do the Jōyō kanji list like this thank you so much please never stop your amazing work 💓

[@ramonsanchez8697]

You are amazing Misa Sensei!! We love your lessons!! Thank you so much!

[@shuguiltycrown6095]

Love this content I hope this will go on everyday cause its easy to understand when a person teaches

[@poephila]

I love learning through etymology! Thank you!

[@synsyin4725]

this is so helpful!! Disecting all the parts of the kanji made me feel like I could really understand it all the way and like I could understand other kanji better now :)

[@70sStargirl]

Please make more videos like this Misa-sensei. This was so helpful to me! I was able to remember the kanji with the meanings, the way you described them. Thank you, thank you!!!

[@udayab9233]

Thank You Misa Sensei. Please help us with more such Kanji Lessons.

[@osmiforcentrio7866]

Great video. I like it how you break down the kanjis and tell exactly what they mean and how they are used in other places. hard to find useful details like that even in etymologies in books.

[@jomarelionardo7423]

こんにちは、みさ先生！ 教えてくれて嬉しい！ I love your lessons. Greetings from Brasil!

[@nadiyahatomy8304]

i love much the way you teach about kanji. Please up load more... i learned 4 step of your kanji lesson ( biginners #1, #2, #3, and number). thank you very much and i'm still waiting...

[@miriamwest4096]

Kanji is one of the things that I struggle with finding the motivation to learn on my own. Thank you for this video! ❤

[@nicoliony]

Wow I really like how you broke everything down. This is a perfect lesson. Oh and your shirt is so nice!

[@davimag2071]

Started this lessons today and BOE that was such a blowmind moment discovering the etymology. Thank you for this amazing free content Misa-sensei! ありがとう！

[@umutozer1292]

Best kanji video i have ever seen! Good job and thank you.

[@seth8858]

Awesome video! I love learning the etymology alongside the Kanji, super interesting.

[@strawberrypie247]

This was great. I'm going to add these kanji to my study deck. Thanks for the great video. I look forward to seeing the rest of them.

[@tinychim2]

PLEASE DO THIS MORE IN FUTURE. I'LL LOOK FOWARD TO THE NEXT KANJI :)

[@kristofferantonio2699]

このビデオは役に立ちます！みさ先生、ありがとうございます🙏

[@Camilo.Cespedes]

My English isn't good, but I'll keep together on those vídeos about kanji 'cause this one is so good. Those details I know already but I learned through years of searching by myself. If new students get learn in one video all of this is wonderful.

[@hala-alkhalili]

Thank you so much for the lesson ! Anything about kanji would be so helpful !

[@Handleitt1]

Learning Japanese I bounce around various materials, but this is my home base of knowledge so thank you so much ❣️This really helps me learn kanji which is my weakest area. Along finding more verbs to learn.

[@focalorphoebe8403]

This is so very helpful!!!thank you misa sensei!!!

[@devinameinada3830]

Thank you Misa 先生😍😍 I'm not bored to learn kanji anymore..don't be sad you just got new subscriber 😁