Kanji origins

One character per page: its parts, what they meant, and the sources. Labels: ORIGIN · SOURCED when the dictionaries agree, ONE THEORY when they don’t, MADE IN JAPAN for kanji created in Japan.

• 峠

  tōge

  mountain pass
• 凪

  nagi

  a calm sea
• 畑

  hatake

  dry farm field
• 躾

  shitsuke

  good manners, taught
• 込

  komu

  to be crowded; to go in
• 休

  yasumu

  to rest
• 榊

  sakaki

  sacred Shinto tree