Kanji game - Printable Version

Kanji game - Printable Version

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Kanji game - shaydwyrm - 2007-10-03

I'm bored at work, so I thought I'd share with you all this (fun?) game/time waster I used to play with my fellow Japanese classmates in other lectures. I think it's an improvement on the pointless word-association threads I've seen on other forums, although it is perhaps equally pointless. The game is simple:

1) Add one character to the board to make a new compound (reading only from left to right or top to bottom).

2) Adding one or two characters to make a three character compound is also good, and will help a lot to open up the board!

3) It's perfectly okay to have several characters in a row which only make words in pairs - for example: 球団結果物 could appear after 4 turns. However, two characters appearing next to each other must always make a word (possibly with other characters in line with them). For example, the following is not legal because 一三 is not a word:

一三
年月

4) Anyone can jump in at any time, just try not to take 2 turns in a row!

5) Don't repeat compounds already on the board.

6) If you somehow contrive to make it impossible to play on the board...you lose!

Just copy and paste the current board into your post and then add your entry. Keep your entries in a code field so that it all lines up properly, and use ー instead of spaces, since the spaces don't seem to be quite the same width as the characters.

じゃあ、簡単の言葉で始まりましょう。よろしくお願いします！

Code:

　　　　名字

Other variants I've played include chaining the readings instead of the kanji, or playing with just hiragana/katakana using the last syllable of a word to start the next. Don't use any words ending in ん for this last one...

Edit: added prohibition to rule 3

Kanji game - johnzep - 2007-10-03

Code:

　　　　名字幕

Kanji game - synewave - 2007-10-03

Code:

名字幕

探

偵

Kanji game - Christoph - 2007-10-03

Code:

名字幕

探

偵察衛星

Kanji game - johnzep - 2007-10-03

Christoph Wrote:

Code:

名字幕探偵察衛星　　　雲

Kanji game - shaydwyrm - 2007-10-03

Code:

名字幕

探ーー火

偵察衛星

ーーー雲

The spaces weren't lining up properly Sad

This isn't as pretty, but it works!

Kanji game - johnzep - 2007-10-03

shaydwyrm Wrote:

Code:

名字幕探ーー火事偵察衛星ーーー雲
The spaces weren't lining up properly This isn't as pretty, but it works!

Kanji game - yorkii - 2007-10-03

this is gonna turn into a massive kanji blob isn't it :S

名字幕
探ーー火事実
偵察衛星
ーーー雲

Kanji game - johnzep - 2007-10-03

Code:

名字幕

探ーー火事実演

偵察衛星

ーーー雲

quote and keep the code tags and it should line up OK

Kanji game - gpetroce - 2007-10-03

Code:

名字幕

探ーー火事実演

偵察衛星

ーーー雲海

Kanji game - johnzep - 2007-10-03

gpetroce Wrote:

Code:

名字幕探ーー火事実演偵察衛星ーーー雲海上保安庁

Kanji game - synewave - 2007-10-03

Code:

名字幕

探ーー火事実演

偵察衛星

ーーー雲海上保安庁

ーーーーーー健

ーーーーーー室

Kanji game - Christoph - 2007-10-03

Code:

名字幕

探　　火事実演

偵察衛星　　　　新

　　　雲海上保安庁

　　　　　　健　舎

　　　　　　室

note: if you wanna keep the formatting without adding the dashes, just put a space while typing with the J-IME.

Kanji game - johnzep - 2007-10-03

synewave Wrote:

Code:

名字幕探ーー火事実演偵察衛星ーーー雲海上保安庁ーーーーーー健ーーーー職員室

Kanji game - Christoph - 2007-10-03

Code:

名字幕

探　　火事実演

偵察衛星　　　　新

　　　雲海上保安庁

　　　　　　健　舎

　　　　職員室

(just to put it together)

Kanji game - synewave - 2007-10-03

Code:

名字幕

探　　火事実演

偵察衛星　　　　新

　　　雲海上保安庁

　　　　　　健　舎

　　　　職員室

　　　　場

　　　　体

　　　　験

Kanji game - shaydwyrm - 2007-10-03

Code:

名字幕

探ーー火事実演

偵察衛星ーーーー新

ーーー雲海上保安庁

ーーーーーー健ー舎

ーーーー職員室

ーーー砂場

ーーーー体

ーーーー験

A quick demonstration that it doesn't line up properly, even with J-IME spaces:

Code:

名名名名名名名名名名

　　　　　　　　　名

first line is 10 characters, second is 9 spaces 1 character.

yorkii Wrote:this is gonna turn into a massive kanji blob isn't it :S

That is the idea, yes Tongue

Kanji game - synewave - 2007-10-03

shaydwyrm Wrote:first line is 10 characters, second is 9 spaces 1 character.

Think about it... Big Grin

Kanji game - johnzep - 2007-10-03

Code:

名名名名名名名名名名

　　　　　　　　　名

lines up for me.

(two spaces) 3 (three spaces) 7 (one space) 9

Kanji game - johnzep - 2007-10-03

Code:

名字幕

探ーー火事実演

偵察衛星ーーーー新

ーーー雲海上保安庁

ーーーーーー健ー舎

ーーーー職員室

ーーー砂場

ーーーー体育館

ーーーー験

Kanji game - narafan - 2007-10-03

Code:

名字幕

探　　火事実演

偵察衛星　　　　新

知　　雲海上保安庁

　　　　　　健ー舎

　　　　職員室

　　　砂場

　　　　体育館

　　　　験

Kanji game - shaydwyrm - 2007-10-03

johnzep Wrote:

Code:

名名名名名名名名名名　　　　　　　　　名
lines up for me.

Really? Maybe it's just my browser or something then. I'll have to see how it looks in Firefox when I get home - IE has the second line displaced more than half a character compared to the first.

Code:

名字幕

探　　火事実演

偵察衛星　　　　新

知　　雲海上保安庁

　　　　　　健　舎

　　　　職員室

　　　砂場

　　　　体育館

　　　実験

Kanji game - kyotokanji - 2007-10-03

名字幕
探　　火事実演
偵察衛星　　　　　新幹線
知　　雲海上保安庁
　　　　　　健　舎
　　　　職員室
　　　砂場
　　　　体育館
　　　実験

Kanji game - alantin - 2007-10-03

shaydwyrm Wrote:
johnzep Wrote:

Code:

名名名名名名名名名名　　　　　　　　　名
lines up for me.
Really? Maybe it's just my browser or something then. I'll have to see how it looks in Firefox when I get home - IE has the second line displaced more than half a character compared to the first.

I'm using firefox on vista and I see the same displacement..

Kanji game - synewave - 2007-10-03

I did have to look this one up!
　　　　　　　　
　　　　　　　　　　　正
名字幕　　　　　　　　弦
探　　火事実演　　　　曲
偵察衛星　　　　　新幹線
知　　雲海上保安庁
　　　　　　健　舎
　　　　職員室
　　　砂場
　　　　体育館
　　　実験