A kira Toriyama put careful consideration into making sure that every symbol in Dragon Ball has meaning, whether a character ...

The river kanji in this post is based on two of the most common ways to represent a river – Shui and Chuan. These two kanji symbols came from water running down a river, and are used today to refer to ...

As Japan's dwindling population increasingly migrates to cities, 450 rural schools close each year. Now, some are being ...

With thousands to learn, kanji can intimidate a newcomer to the Japanese language. But you can discover the appeal of kanji by learning a few basic examples.

The Japanese language has three types of characters: Hiragana, Katakana, and Kanji. Hiragana and Katakana are phonetic symbols, each representing one syllable while Kanji is ideogram, each stand ...

I'm probably one of these assholes. I got two pieces of kanji when I was 18 and I've had different people tell me they mean different things. I've always wanted to get a translation from someone ...