仮
Temporary
| on’yomi | kun’yomi | Radicals |
|---|---|---|
| か | かり | ｲ + 厂 + 又 |
Meaning: Temporary
Your leader has come up to the top of the cliff, where he has placed down his stool to sit down. “We will make shelter here!” he says. “But, it will only be temporary. We have a long ways to go before we find our new homeland.”
Imagine thinking that maybe, just maybe… this would be where your people would settle. Instead, it’s just another disappointing temporary location.
Reading: か
To remember the reading か, we use the word “Car.” – As you set up temporary, you hear something… something almost revving in the woods. Vrooom… Vroooooom. You’re worried about this – all your people look towards the direction of the sound. Then, suddenly from the undergrowth, a car か blasts out and runs over all your tents, smashes your leader, then flies off the side of the cliff, exploding below.
Whatever you do, just make sure the car is insane in what it does. You gotta remember the car to remember the reading of this kanji.
Vocabulary
Hey! Lots of Japanese “alphabets” are here! Weird how the kanji for “temporary” got associate with kana. Perhaps they thought they wouldn’t use it forever, because it wasn’t as awesome as kanji, or something? I have no idea.
a 仮に（かりに）＝ Temporarily
- Meaning: That’s the に particle on the end of there. This is pretty much the same as the kanji’s meaning.
- Reading: The kun’yomi reading. Actually pretty close to the on’yomi reading. Just add a り to it. Or, you can think about a temporary arrangement, where you have to carry (かり) something terrifying… but just temporarily.
a 仮名（かな）＝ Kana
- Combo: 仮 (temporary) + 名 (name)
- Meaning: Kana is both hiragana and katakana – that’s your kana!
- Reading: Usually written in 仮名… er… かな alone, actually, but sometimes you’ll see it like this. I wouldn’t worry about it a terrible amount, though.
a 片仮名（かたかな）＝ Katakana
- Combo: 片 (one-sided) + 仮名 (kana)
- Meaning: I’m not sure why katakana is one-sided kana, but perhaps that’s referring to how sharp and boxy it is. It has one straight side rather than many sensual smooth sides (like hiragana has).
- Reading: The kun’yomi reading of 片, though that’s the only one you learned, anyways. After that, you just need to know 仮名 which you learned as a word just before this. Usually katakana is written in hiragana (or katakana) alone, though, so you don’t have to worry about the kanji too much.
a 平仮名（ひらがな）＝ Hiragana
- Combo: 平 (flat/peaceful) + 仮名 (kana)
- Meaning: The flat and peaceful kana are the smoother softer kana. The hiragana.
- Reading: The 平 part is an exceptional reading, one that isn’t too common. Usually hiragana is written in kana alone, though, so you don’t have to worry about it too much.