Morphemes

In Japanese, the idea of morphemes are closely related to the . Lots of kanji are morphemes, as they have a meaning, represent an idea, and compose words made out of one or more kanji. In some cases, a kanji represents whole a word instead of just idea. And since some words are made out of multiple morphemes, sometimes a kanji represents multiple morphemes too.

Like other languages, suffixes, prefixes, etc. in Japanese are also considered to be morphemes, even though a lot of those would be written with , and not with kanji.

A morpheme is the smallest part of a language that has any meaning. Normally, one would think that would be a word, however, some words are made out of multiple morphemes, meaning a morpheme is smaller than a word, and when a morpheme isn't a word by itself, it can't be used alone, only as part of a whole word.In Japanese, the idea of morphemes are closely related to the. Lots ofare morphemes, as they have a meaning, represent an idea, and compose words made out of one or more. In some cases, arepresents whole a word instead of just idea. And since some words are made out of multiple morphemes, sometimes arepresents multiple morphemes too.Like other languages, suffixes, prefixes, etc. in Japanese are also considered to be morphemes, even though a lot of those would be written with, and not with