[Nagoyankee]

Do you have a favorite kanji or kanji compound? Do you want to know any particular ones? Any comments or questions about kanji in general?

Please remember to enlarge the kanji so that the Japanese-learners here can see the strokes well, especially with complicated kanji.

Let me start.

日本

It's pronounced Nihon or Nippon (Nihon is more common), and it means 'Japan'. 日 means 'the sun' and 本 means 'origin'. The Land of the Rising Sun, as it's sometimes called in the West.