本日の文字 - Today's Character

2024年1月22日(月)


音:じゅん
英:obey, order, turn, right, docility, occasion

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I chose this one because it’s connected to the stroke order.

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Not the most interesting kanji to draw but the meaning is pretty hardcore:

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2024年1月23日(火)


訓:うち
音:ない、だい
英:inside, within, between, among, house, home

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This is one I picked at random today; I love its simplicity.

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2024年1月24日(水)

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訓:にじゅう
音:じゅう、にゅう
英:twenty

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Of course, this character hasn’t been used to portray the number 20 for a while now, but it still exists in various place names and rarely in surnames.

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I didn’t know this kanji existed! For a brief instant I thought you forgot a stroke in 甘…

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2024年1月25日(木)


訓:たがい、かたみに
音:ご
英:mutually, reciprocally, together

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I saw this in an online meeting today and thought I’d give it a go.

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2024年1月26日(金)


訓:まわ.り
音:しゅう
英:circumference, circuit, lap

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I went to my friend’s restaurant’s 4th anniversary party so this one seemed appropriate. I tried and tried but I just couldn’t get the angle right…

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2024年1月27日(土)


訓:ふゆ
音:とう
英:winter

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We’re well into winter now and I just realised I haven’t done this one yet.

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I always disliked the direction of the two 二 strokes in 冬. I always want to draw them in the other direction, like in 顔. It just feels better for me. I think it’s just because the arc does not follow the hand when you’re right-handed. Same for 寒.

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This. I was drawing out 終 a lot as a practice character recently, and I had to physically stop myself from drawing them right-to-left when working on the 冬 part.

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Uh oh, look what came up in my lesson stack today:

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I know that there’s probably an explanation about how the parts of this kanji mean something or another which, when put together, means depression. But I still say that gloom and depression is what you get when you write this kanji. Anything over 20 strokes is too much for me. :disappointed:

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At least the components are fairly straightforward, with the exception of the dotted 凶 that I haven’t encountered before.

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I worked on this on Christmas day actually. As a character, it’s not too bad, even being over 20 strokes. The worst part is trying to fit it in whatever space you’re writing it in. If you’re trying to write on ruled paper, You have to be aware of both how thick and tall you write it as it has so many different components to keep in mind.

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I feel the same way.

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2024年1月29日(月)


訓:す
音:しゅう、す
英:state, province

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I had a day off yesterday, but I’m back today! I have hardly any practice of writing this one, so I’m quite happy with how it turned out.

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2024年1月30日(火)


訓:くさ、くさ-、-ぐさ
音:そう
英:grass, weeds, herbs, pasture, write, draft

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This one is of course related to calligraphy, so I decided to do it today.

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鬯 means fragrant herbs, but reference to libations I’m pretty sure.

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Gave this one a try too, for slightly different reasons!

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What a funny character. At least, you might think that if you read over some Japanese Internet Message Boards, or watch some Japanese streamers. I love the process of 「草」becoming the Japanese equivalent to English’s “lol”, I had actually been watching some Japanese streamers before learning this Kanji so when I found out it actually means “Grass” or “Weed”, I was more than a little confused w.

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2024年1月31日(水)


訓:なな、なな.つ、なの
音:しち
英:seven

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I opened up my book to a random page and saw this simple but fantastic character, so I felt that I needed to write it!

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