Speaking of Wanikani, I just finished the final level yesterday evening. A relevant kanji to celebrate:
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2024年2月27日（火）
翠
訓：かわせみ、みどり
音：すい
英：green, kingfisher
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As per the above request. Sorry for the sloppy cursive versions…
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That looks incredibly difficult!
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2024年2月28日（水）
努
訓：つと.める
音：ど
英：toil, diligent, as much as possible
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This one surprised me, because you see a very clear め in both cursive styles.
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I always mix up this kanji with 恐 and 怒 when I don’t pay attention. At least usually in context it’s obvious that 努 doesn’t make sense, meanwhile I often think that scary things are angry and vice-versa…
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Today I discovered that the common 様 character has a bunch of variants:
When written in 草体 (sōtai, “highly-cursive”) style, [様] is called 平様 (hira-zama, literally “common form”) to distinguish from the kyūjitai form 永様 (ei-sama, literally “永[
]-form”), and its variant forms 次様 (tsugi-zama, for 檨[
From 様 - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
I actually prefer these variants, I always found the merged version with a single vertical line weird to write (it messes up the stroke order of the 王 for one).
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I just realized that I could decompose it as 羊 instead. お羊様, the wise sheep. I’ll try to remember it that way, it’ll make it less weird to write. Or I’ll just use one of the traditional variants to look fancy.
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2024年3月2日（土）
汝
訓：なんじ、なれ、い、うぬ、いまし、し、しゃ、な、なむち、まし、みまし
音：じょ
英：you, thou
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Now this is a character I wouldn’t mind knowing more about. I came across it in church and I was blown away by all the kun readings. I have no idea what kind of situation I would use it in, but I thought I’d give it a go.
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2024年3月3日(日)
清
訓：きよ.い、きよ.まる、きよ.める
音：せい、しょう、しん
英：pure, purify, cleanse, exorcise, Manchu dynasty
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I think I totally screwed up the 草書 version of this one, but it’s a character I like to write.
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2024年3月4日(月)
読
訓：よ.む、-よ.み
音：どく、とく、とう
英：read
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I’m actually pretty pleased with how this one went tonight! Especially the 楷書 version!
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2024年3月5日（火）
麻
訓：あさ
音：ま、まあ
英：hemp, flax, numb
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Going back to the very first character of this thread, I really enjoy writing 林.
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2024年3月6日（水）
円
訓：まる.い、まる、まど、まど.か、まろ.やか
音：えん
英：circle, yen, round
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For anyone confused by the 草書, the original character for 円 was 圓:
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It’s one of those kyuujitai versions that I find so much nicer looking than the shinjitai. It’s easy to remember too since it’s just the common 員 kanji enclosed.
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2024年3月7日（木）
卒
訓：そっする、おえる、おわる、ついに、にわか
音：そつ、しゅつ
英：graduate, soldier, private, die
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A day late, but my school had its graduation ceremony yesterday, so this one seemed appropriate.
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2024年3月12日（火）
閏
訓：うるう
音：じゅん
英：intercalation, illegitimate throne
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OK so I decided to do this one today because I was talking to a colleague the other day about leap years and he told me what it was in Japanese (閏年) and I had no idea… Well, to be fair I probably learned it four years ago and forgot, but anyway, it’s a beautiful character and I also don’t do enough of 門構え.
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Its a ぬ
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Yes, sorry. め is 女 and ぬ is 奴. Well-spotted!
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2024年3月13日（水）
心
訓：こころ、-ごころ
音：しん
英：heart, mind, spirit
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I decided to spend a long time on this one today. Have a look: Daily Stroke Order Practice - #146 by matt_in_mito
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