Kanji

Kanji are Chinese characters used in Japanese. About 2500 of them are in common use.

土 (つち) - soil 天 (テン) - sky 夕 (ゆう) - evening 口 (くち) - mouth 何 (なに) - what 皆 (みんな) - everyone (in this room, for instance) 私 (わたし) - I am 国 (くに) - country 趣味 (しゅみ) - hobby 本 (ほん) - book 好き (すき) - to like 日本語 (にほんご) - Japanese 凄い (すごい) - great! 母 (はは) - mother 下 (した) - under, below 大丈夫 (だいじょうぶ) - all right 見て! (みて) - look!

Male or female

Male: 男子, 紳士 Female: 女子, 婦人

Links: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E6%AF%8D