Kanji Concentration
Test your powers of memory and learn some basic Japanese kanji characters at the same time. This is the standard concentration game: click on a square and you will see a kanji character. Try to find the matching character. After you click a second square, if they don't match they will be turned over.
When you finish, you will be told how long it took to complete the game. For those of you who don't read Japanese at all, explanations of the characters are given below.
The kanji used in this game are explained briefly below.
(note: many kanji have different readings, depending on their use. Those in bold are 'on' readings and where there is a commonly used 'kun' reading, it is given in brackets. I haven't bothered with any standard system for the romanization of Japanese words - this is not meant as an exhaustive explanation, it's just for fun!)
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dai; meaning: big, great |
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ka (ie); meaning: home, house |
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bi; meaning: beauty |
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u (ame); meaning: rain |
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nichi (hi); meaning: sun, day |
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ka (hana); meaning: flower |
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hon (moto); meaning: book, origin |
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sen (kawa); meaning: river |
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ai; meaning: love |
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rin (hayashi) meaning: a wood |
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mu (nai); meaning: nothing, not |
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den (ta); meaning: rice field |
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moku (ki); meaning: tree, wood |
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go; meaning: five |
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sui (mizu); meaning: water |
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kyuu; meaning: nine |
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gaku; meaning: study |
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jin (hito); meaning: person |