日本語

にほんご

Japanese language

Mnemonic

Two parts and no trick to it. 日本 is Japan and ご is the language of, so bolt them together and there it is. Every other language you will ever name is built the same way: にほんご.

Built from

日

sun, day

A pictograph, the sun with a mark in the middle.

本

origin, book

木 tree + 一 one line, at the root

語

language, word

言 speech + 五 five + 口 mouth

Words sharing these kanji

毎日 every day 日本 Japan 明日 tomorrow 昨日 yesterday 今日 today 日 day 日々 daily, every day 本日 today 先日 the other day, a few days ago 月曜日 Monday 火曜日 Tuesday 水曜日 Wednesday

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