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Print companion · B5 · margins none · background graphics on. Use beside the physical textbook.

Pyon Go! · Book 1 Companion

Memory Hook
Field Notes

A small paper companion for the 52-page textbook. The book introduces each kanji like a new friend. These pages help you remember which story stayed with you.

Story first. Hooks second.

The story card is the lesson. A hook is only the handle you grab later: a detail, feeling, picture, or trouble mark that helps the story come back.

1 · MeetRead the kanji story in the textbook. Do not stop to study tags.
2 · ChooseWrite the one detail that made the kanji feel memorable to you.
3 · ReturnUse review marks only when you want to revisit a friend later.

Make the marks yours

Your personal hook key

These marks are not facts. They are private signals for your own memory. Change the wording if another mark works better.

Default marks

Favorite
the story or shape stuck immediately.
Needs review
I want to meet this kanji again soon.
?Confusing
the story, reading, or shape is still fuzzy.
Strong image
I can see the picture in my head.

My extra marks

The one rule

If a playful hook fights the real origin, keep the origin. The hook serves the kanji; it never replaces the kanji.

Book order · House I

Numbers: what did each one feel like?

one
origin: one line
fav review ? fuzzy image
my hook
two
origin: two lines
fav review ? fuzzy image
my hook
three
origin: three lines
fav review ? fuzzy image
my hook
four
origin: four corners
fav review ? fuzzy image
my hook
five
origin: five-count sign
fav review ? fuzzy image
my hook
six
origin: roof/opening
fav review ? fuzzy image
my hook
seven
origin: cutting hook
fav review ? fuzzy image
my hook
eight
origin: split/opening
fav review ? fuzzy image
my hook
nine
origin: bent curl
fav review ? fuzzy image
my hook
ten
origin: cross sign
fav review ? fuzzy image
my hook

Book order · Houses II-III

People, sky, size, space

person
origin: walking figure
fav review ? fuzzy image
my hook
sun, day
origin: sun square
fav review ? fuzzy image
my hook
moon, month
origin: moon crescent
fav review ? fuzzy image
my hook
big
origin: arms spread
fav review ? fuzzy image
my hook
small
origin: small marks
fav review ? fuzzy image
my hook
up
origin: mark above line
fav review ? fuzzy image
my hook
down
origin: mark below line
fav review ? fuzzy image
my hook
left
origin: hand + tool
fav review ? fuzzy image
my hook
right
origin: hand + mouth
fav review ? fuzzy image
my hook
middle
origin: line through center
fav review ? fuzzy image
my hook

Book order · Houses IV-V

Elements and movement

fire
origin: flames
fav review ? fuzzy image
my hook
water
origin: flowing water
fav review ? fuzzy image
my hook
tree, wood
origin: tree
fav review ? fuzzy image
my hook
gold, money
origin: metal/gold
fav review ? fuzzy image
my hook
earth, soil
origin: earth mound
fav review ? fuzzy image
my hook
go
origin: crossroads
fav review ? fuzzy image
my hook
come
origin: ripening grain
fav review ? fuzzy image
my hook
eat, food
origin: food vessel
fav review ? fuzzy image
my hook
drink
origin: drink + food
fav review ? fuzzy image
my hook
see
origin: eye on legs
fav review ? fuzzy image
my hook

Book order · Houses V-VII

Meetings, describers, rails

meet
origin: people under cover
fav review ? fuzzy image
my hook
read
origin: words/speech
fav review ? fuzzy image
my hook
high, tall
origin: high tower
fav review ? fuzzy image
my hook
cheap, calm
origin: woman under roof
fav review ? fuzzy image
my hook
new
origin: fresh-cut tree
fav review ? fuzzy image
my hook
station
origin: horse relay
fav review ? fuzzy image
my hook
car, wheel
origin: cart wheel
fav review ? fuzzy image
my hook
electricity
origin: rain + lightning
fav review ? fuzzy image
my hook

Empty spaces are allowed

If a hook does not come yet, leave it blank. The next time you see the kanji in the textbook, train station, menu, or form, return here.

Low-stakes retrieval

Can you call the story back?

Choose any six kanji from Book 1. Cover the textbook. Write what you remember: friend name, origin, visual hook, or where you saw it in the wild.

Kanji:

What came back?

Kanji:

What came back?

Kanji:

What came back?

Kanji:

What came back?

Kanji:

What came back?

Kanji:

What came back?

Before the next volume

Your final review map

My difficult ones

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Stories that stuck

Next review list

One promise to myself

Done means familiar, not perfect

The goal is not to recite tags. The goal is to recognize old friends faster the next time they appear.