Monday 17 May 2010

Street Kanji #2

Today's street kanji is:

地下鉄 - ちかてつ -  Chikatetsu - Underground / Subway.


Kanji Break Down:

地 = Ground / Earth.
ON Reading - Chi, Ji 

下 = Below / down / descend / give / low / inferior
ON Reading - Ka, Ge
KUN Reading - Shita, shimo, moto.

鉄 = Iron
ON Reading - Tetsu
KUN Reading - Kurogane.

Example sentence:

地下鉄で行きたいのです。 - ちかてつでいきたいので す。 - Chikatetsu de ikitai no desu.
I want to go there on the underground / I want to go there by subway.

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