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[Anonymous No.]

KON BAN WAH

Saten-san's kanji of the day is 佐!
On-yomi: さ
Kun-yomi: N/A

It might look tricky but it's not that hard. You've got a big イ first, and then the kanji for "left," 左, afterward. Open up MSPaint and give it your best! I believe in you!

You will mostly see this in people's names. Like mine!

佐天 - Saten
佐川 - Sagawa

Now you can write to me! I look forward to getting your heartwarming letters in the mail!

It is very popular for names, like 田. Aside from names, it is mostly used for military ranks.

大佐 - taisa - Colonel
中佐 - chuusa - Lieutenant Colonel
少佐 - shousa - Major

Pretty convenient ranking system, isn't it? 大 > 中 > 少. Easy! I know you could do it!!

[Anonymous No.]

hey! are you really the kanji per day guy? i don't believe you're the original poster.

[Anonymous No.]

>>7256330

No, he seems to have lost interest after two days. But I will continue the fight against hard kanji.

[Anonymous No.]

>>7256321
>Kun-yomi: N/A
way to fail

[Anonymous No.]

>>7256347
Well, okay. Keep em comin'. Satens kawaiiness is a miracle of the universe.

[Anonymous No.]

>>7256353
Elaborate? This kanji does not have any kunyomi.

Another popular name using it would be 佐和子 by the way.

[Anonymous No.]

>>7256321

> Now you can write to me! I look forward to getting your heartwarming letters in the mail!

If only...

[Anonymous No.]

I'm learning with Saten!

[Anonymous No.]

>>7256353
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E4%BD%90
Kun: たすけ (tasuke), たすける (tasukeru), すけ (suke)

I laughed way too hard when I read your comment. That cute face greeting me made me not even realize there was no kun readings

[Anonymous No.]

わたし大好き佐天さん！

[Anonymous No.]

>>7256361
> This kanji does not have any kunyomi.
佐ける, which is were the military grades come from, big/medium/little helper/assistant

[Anonymous No.]

>>7256371
http://ja.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E4%BD%90

訓読み

* 常用漢字表内

常用漢字表内の訓読みはありません。

* 常用漢字表外

すけ

jp wiki gives more details.

[Anonymous No.]

佐け* (tasuke) is extremely uncommon, you would want to use 助け* instead.

[Anonymous No.]

ふしだらな女おだす～。

[Anonymous No.]

>>7256400
They aren't interchangeable, the first is a nuance of the verb that means more help as in "sorting out" something rather than lending a hand to someone. Though yeah, it's pretty uncommon, but it still exists.

[Anonymous No.]

whats it called when you have kanji+kana? is it called a compound like kanji+kanji or does it have a different name.

[Anonymous No.]

>>7256437
It's called a word.
The kana at the end does have a name, though; Okurigana.

[Anonymous No.]

>>7256457
thanks! okurigana was the word i was looking for.