Saturday, October 20, 2007

Kanji Show for Kids

漢字だいすき (I/We Love Kanji) is a television program that airs on NHK. While it is aimed at children, it contains a lot of useful information that any student of Japanese can appreciate. Each episode, about five minutes in length, concentrates on a single kanji such as 光 or 自. The origin of the character and its various uses and pronunciations are covered in a simple format.

Check out the first one below along with links to further episodes.



Episode 2
Episode 3
Episode 4
Episode 5

4 comments:

Benjamin said...

nifty


what time/day is it on?

Chris said...

Hmmm, upon further research, the show isn't airing right now. I guess the only place to view episodes now is on the Internet unless NHK starts airing reruns or new episodes.

Benjamin said...

eh, i'm more of an iTunes/iPod person (and less of a 1-seg person), anyway


good find!

Anonymous said...

that's nifty! Me Likee!