I’m new to learning Japanese and am trying to learn the basic kanji characters. I’m dumb and have a hard time understanding things explained by adult, so I learn a lot of simple concepts from kids education because they can dumb it down. I printed out a (1st grade) worksheet for myself to practice writing kanji.
My worksheet is structured like this:
Kanji: 日 English def: Sun, Day Japanese Def: にち, じつ and separately ひ, か, び . Then gives room to practice writing it.
My problem is that there is two columns giving the Japanese definition (にち, じつ in one column and ひ, か, び in the other) and I have no clue what the differentiating factor is. Why is there two columns and what’s the difference between them? When do I use one vs the other?
More examples:
Kanji: 木 Eng: Tree, Wood Japan: もく, ぽくin one column and き,こ in the other
Kanji: 空 Eng: Sky Japan: くう in one column and そら, あ, から,す in the other
Kanji: 生 Eng: Life Japan: せい, しょう in one column and い, なま, う, は, き in the other
This difference seems important and I want to keep learning Japanese with knowing why- T-T
Can anyone help explain this to me?
by Aggressive-March-145
