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So there are two different

So there are two different types of adjectives: い and な right? it has nothing to do if its in kanji or not. so don't worry about that at all.
Unfortunately it's one of those things that you just have to memorize. But I can give you a list of a few adjectives in hiragana, kanji and then english. (*note that some of them don't use any kanji at all).

い - adjectives:
あたらしい  新しい  new
あつい    暑い   hot (weather)
あつい    熱い   hot (objects)
いそがしい  忙しい  busy (people/days)
おおきい   大きい  large
おもしろい  面白い  interesting
こわい    怖い   frightening
さむい    寒い   cold (objects - not used for people)
たかい    高い   expensive
とのしい   楽しい  fun
ちいさい   小さい  small
つまらない       boring
ふるい    古い   old (thing - not used for people)
むずかしい  難しい  difficult
やさしい        easy (problem); kind (person)
やすい    安い   inexpensive; cheap (thing)
あたまがいい 頭がいい bright; smart; clever (conjugates like いい)
かっこいい       great looking; cool (conjugates like いい)
かわいい        cute
せがたかい  背が高い tall
せがひくい  背が低い short (stature)
ながい    長い   long
はやい    速い   fast
みじかい   短い   short (length)

な - adjectives:
きらい(な)  嫌い  disgusted with; to dislike (~が)
きれい(な)      beautiful; clean
げんき(な)  元気  healthy; energetic
しずか(な)  静か  quiet
すき(な)   好き  fond of; to like (~が)
だいきらい(な)大嫌い to hate
だいすき(な) 大好き very fond of; to love
にぎやか(な)     lively
ハンサム(な)     handsome
ひま(な)   暇   not busy; to have a lot of free time
たいへん(な) 大変  tough (situation)
しんせつ(な) 親切  kind
べんり(な)  便利  convenient
じょうず(な) 上手  skillful; good at... (~が)
へた(な)   下手  clumsy; poor at... (~が)
ゆうめい(な) 有名  famous

i hope that this helped :)


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