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Okay, this lesson will be the first of a few on Kanji. In this lesson I will show you some of the Kanji that will show up in the Japanese Language Proficiency Test - Level 4. I will show you its Kunyomi and Onyomi, and a few of its compounds. Let's get started.

一
Meaning: One, One Radical

Onyomi: ひと-, ひと.つ
Kunyomi: イチ, イツ
Compounds:

• 一 (ひと) one (numeric, prefix, suffix)
  
• 一 (ひとつ) one, for one thing, only, even (n, n-adv)
  
• 一握り (ひとにぎり) handful, small handful (n, adj-no)
  
• 一員 (いちいん) person, member (n)
  
• 一円 (いちえん) whole district, one yen, throughout (adv, n)

七
Meaning: Seven

Onyomi: なな, なな.つ, なの
Kunyomi: シチ
Compounds:

• 七 (なな) seven (numeric)

万
Meaning; Ten thousand

Onyomi: よろず
Kunyomi: マン, バン
Compounds:

• 万一 (まんいつ) by some chance, by some possibility, 10,000 to 1 odds (adv, n)
  
  
• 万引き (まんびき) shoplifting, shoplifter (n, vs)
  
• 万事 (ばんじ) all, everything (n)
  
• 万年筆 (まんねんひつ) fountain pen (n)
  
• 万人 (まんにん) all people, everybody, ten thousand people (n)

三
Meaning: Three

Onyomi: み, み.つ, みっ.つ
Kunyomi: サン, ゾウ
Compunds:

• 再三 (さいさん) again and again, repeatedly (adv, n)
  
• 三角 (さんかく) triangle, triangular (n)
  
• 三日月 (みかずき) new moon, crescent moon (n)
  
• 三流 (さんりゅう) 3rd rate (n)
  
• 三 (み) three (numeric)

上
Meaning: Above, Up

Onyomi: うえ, -うえ, うわ-, かみ, あ.げる, -あ.げる, あ.がる, -あ.がる, あ.がり, -あ.がり, のぼ.る, のぼ.り, のぼ.せる, のぼ.す, よ.す
Kunyomi: ジョウ, ショウ, シャン
Compounds:

• 已上 (いじょう) not less than, ... and more, beyond (n-adv, n-t)
  
• 屋上 (おくじょう) rooftop (n)
  
• 海上 (かいじょう) (by, at, on) sea, maritime, marine (adj-no)
  
• 見上げる (みあげる) to look up at, to raise one's eyes, to admire (Ichidan verb, vt)
  
• 向上 (こうじょう) elevation, rise, improvement, advancement, progress (n, vs)

下
Meaning: Below, Down, Descend, Give, Low, Inferior

Onyomi: した, しも, もと, さ.げる, さ.がる, くだ.る, くだ.り, くだ.す, -くだ.す, くだ.さる, お.ろす, お.りる
Kunyomi: カ, ゲ
Compounds:

• 已下 (いげ) not exceeding, and downward (n)
  
• 下る (さがる) to hang down, to abate, to retire, to fall, to step back (v5r, intransitive verb)
  
• 下げる (さげる) to hang, to lower, to move back, to wear, to dismiss, to grant (Ichidan verb, vt)
  
• 下さる (くださる) to give, to confer (Godan verb - -aru special class)
  
• 下り (くだり) down-train (going away from Tokyo) (n, n-suf)

I think that is enough for now, in the next Kanji lesson, I will post more than this, but I think it would be best for you to get used to learning these first then do the rest.