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"There is more about Sudoku than just numbers!"
Sudoku with Kanji Numbers
We are happy to provide you with free Kanji Sudokus. For your convenience you can either view the Sudokus as websites (html) or download them as pdf (sorry - no online games: emphasis is on your writing practice).
These (easy) games will help you to get familiar with the idea of using Chinese characters (= Kanji) instead of numbers in a Sudoku puzzle.
The next Sudoku categories will help you memorizing Kanjis - either by their shape or by their meanings.
Numbers 1 to 9 are replaced by their corresponding Chinese characters (please scroll down for Kanji stroke order:
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1 =
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一 (ichi) |
2 =
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二 (ni) |
3 =
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三 (san) |
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4 =
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四 (shi) |
5 =
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五 (go) |
6 =
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六 (roku) |
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7 =
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七 (shichi) |
8 =
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八 (hachi) |
9 =
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九 (kyû) |
You will notice the additional squares at the upper and left side of each 9x9 Sudoku grid displaying all 9 reference Kanji characters. Mark the used Kanji of each row and column to avoid getting confused.
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1 =
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壹 (yī) |
2 =
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貳 (èr) |
3 =
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叁 (sān) |
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4 =
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肆 (sì) |
5 =
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伍 (wŭ) |
6 =
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陸 (liù) |
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7 =
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柒 (qī) |
8 =
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捌 (bā) |
9 =
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玖 (jiŭ) |
Please refer to: Wikipedia for Sudoku solution strategies.
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