Kanji are symbols that represent words in Japanese. They can stand alone, or they can combine with other kanji or kana to create more words and ideas. They are descended from Chinese characters, which ...

The Japanese calendar, while seemingly modern, holds deep historical roots, particularly in the naming of its days of the week. Unlike the simple numerical or sequential English system, the ...

For those of you who don’t know, kanji are characters used for writing that come from China. They are kind of like letters but look a lot more complicated than the basic 26 roman letters of English.

The “meat-moon” radical 月 can be found in many kanji connected with the body. It gets its name (nikuzuki in Japanese), because these characters are associated with niku, meat or flesh (肉 ...