Hokkaido is at the NORTH

	HOKU / kita north JLPT Level 4 Jouyou Kanji, Kyouiku Grade 2
As seen in:
	kita - the north
	hokkaidou - Hokkaido ("northern sea road")
	touzainanboku - 4 points of the compass (east, west, south, north)

Now the West side!

	SAI / SEI / nishi west JLPT Level 4 Jouyou Kanji, Kyouiku Grade 2
As seen in:
	nishi - the west
	nishi nihon - western Japan
	touzainanboku - 4 points of the compass (east, west, south, north)
Not to be confused with:
	SHI / yon - four

East as Tokyo!

	TOU / higashi east JLPT Level 4 Jouyou Kanji, Kyouiku Grade 2
As seen in:
	toukyou - Tokyo ("eastern capital")
	higashi - the east
	higashi nihon - eastern Japan
Not to be confused with:
	SHA / kuruma - vehicle

Remember, when reading kanjis we always use ONYOMI in HIGH case and Kunyomi in small case.

When to use SAN or KUN or CHAN: Honorifics.

San

San is the most common honorific and is a title of respect. It is used for the surnames or given names of both males and females. Although in translation san is usually rendered as a common courtesy title like “Mr.” or “Ms.”, unlike these it is never used in self-reference.

San may also be used in combination with nouns describing the addressee or referent other than the person's name; for example, a bookseller might be addressed or referred to as honya-sansan) and a butcher, as nikuya-san ("butcher" + san).

Kun

Kun is an informal honorific primarily used towards males (it is still used towards females, but rarely). It is used by persons of senior status in addressing those of junior status, by males of roughly the same age and status when addressing each other, and by anyone in addressing male children.

School teachers typically address male students using kun, while female students are addressed as san or chan. The use of kun to address male children is similar to the use of san when addressing adults.

Chan

Chan is a diminutive suffix. It is an informal version of "san" used to address children and female family members. It may also be used towards animals, lovers, intimate friends, and people whom one has known since childhood. "Chan" continues to be used as a term of endearment, especially for girls, into adulthood. Parents will probably always call their daughters "chan" and their sons "kun," though "chan" can be used towards boys just as easily. Adults may use "chan" as a term of endearment to women with whom they are on close terms.

Chan can be considered a feminine mode of speech in that it is used mainly by, or towards, females. Its pattern of usage is similar to using "dear" when addressing someone in English. Males would not use chan when addressing other males

"Pet names" are often made by attaching chan to a truncated stem of a name. This implies even greater intimacy than simply attaching it to the full name. So for example, a pet rabbit (usagi) might be called usa-chan rather than usagi-chan.

Planets in japanese

I have found this page referring about planets in japanese.
I think its better to post the link instead of pasting it here :)
But, to make something clear, remember when we talk about sounds? ok, this kanji means "star" and it is read as "hoshi" (kunyomi) but when combined sounds as "sei". We´ll use it with thius sound in all planets names.

Access to Planets

Brushu: Brush strokes

Drawing Strokes: The three simple rules of drawing a stroke are indicated below

HORIZONTAL strokes are written from LEFT to RIGHT and are PARALLEL. VERTICAL strokes are written from TOP to BOTTOM. HOOK strokes run from TOP LEFT to BOTTOM LEFT or RIGHT.

Stroke Order: Proper stroke order will be essential to your ability to properly proportion your Kanji writing, and to render the cursive or semi-cursive handwritten calligraphy style. The guidelines, as issued by the Japanese Ministry of Education in 1958, are summarized below. The rules are given in order of importance:
Drawing of characters generally proceeds from TOP to BOTTOM.
Drawing of characters generally proceeds from LEFT to RIGHT.

Additionally: When strokes cross each other, HORIZONTAL strokes usually precede VERTICAL strokes. In some circumstances the VERTICAL stroke does precede the HORIZONTAL stroke. CENTER strokes are written first and then the LEFT and RIGHT strokes if the LEFT and RIGHT strokes do not exceed two strokes each. OUTSIDE frames first, but BOTTOM closure is last. VERTICAL strokes drawn through the CENTER are written last. RIGHT to LEFT DIAGONAL strokes precede LEFT to RIGHT. Strokes which cut THROUGH the middle of a Kanji are written LAST.
And: Kanji should be of UNIFORM SIZE, as they are in this "Kanji Practice Paper" sample:

Radicales / Raices

The radical (also sometimes called the key) indicates the general nature of the kanji character. The radical combines one or more elements (the radical is often itself kanji, but sometimes is not), and gives more specific information, either semantically or phonetically. In other words, the radical is the part of the kanji that speaks to you when you look at it, that hints you on its origin, group, meaning or pronouciation. There are about 200 of these radicals, which are widely used in dictionaries, and teaching tools.

The radical of a kanji is useful because it helps remembering the meaning of the kanji. For example, the radical of the kanji to drink (), is , which itself means to eat. When you learn , you visualize the part, to help remember that this kanji has something to do with eating something, ot puting something into your body.

El radical (también llamado raiz) indica la naturaleza general del kanji. El radical combina uno o más elementos (en general el radical es un kanji, aunque a veces no) y da más información específica,ya sea semántica o fonética. En otras palabras, el radical es la parte del kanji que te da pistas del origen, significado o pronunciación. Hay más de 200 radicales.

El radical del kanji es útil porque ayuda a recordar el significado del kanji. Por ejemplo el radical del kanji beber (), es , que significa comer. Cuando aprendes , ves la parte , para ayudarte a recordar que significa comer algo o poner algo en tu cuerpo.