All of this is certainly something and people be recommending writing, but one thing being true across the board, is that children have shitty handwriting. In comparison, youre doing fine. I think one thing that can easily be hung up on is it looking like this “picture” perfect handwriting when that is not the case. Ive had to read some handwriting where the radicals of a single Kanji look like two seperate Kanji and man, it puts my brain to work for sure. All the recommendations looks good, and the more you write the better and easier it becomes. 頑張ってよ！
I did not know about this app. Somewhat skeptical, but loaded it anyway to try it out — and it’s amazing! This will definitely fit into my kanji writing practice.
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From skim reading I cant see if anyone has mentioned this but according to what I’ve learned theres three important points of writing in Japanese- tomeru, haneru, and harau.
Actually there are more, but this is what I was taught.
Tomeru is when you stop the stroke firmly.
Haneru is releasing the stroke with a little flick.
Harau is to make a sweeping stroke.
Imagine you’re writing with a brush when you do these. This way, you will apply the pressure properly when you imagine the flick or sweep, rather than just “drawing” them.
I found this diagram showing the tomeru and harau points of あ
I recommend working on these elements and looking for guides with them in order to make your handwriting neater. They also apply to kanji btw!
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