Vertical and slanted kanji strokes: top to bottom. Vertical and diagonal/slanted strokes are written with a downward motion: from the top to the bottom. Two of its five strokes are horizontal strokes, and they are written from the left to the right. Only one of its two strokes is horizontal it is obviously written left to right. The small numbers are telling us that the strokes start from the left and proceed toward the right. Notice how the small numbers ‘1’, ‘2’ and ‘3’ are situated on the leftward extremity of each stroke? Its three strokes are simple horizontals, and they are written left to right according to rule 1.
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Stroke direction rule 1: left to right.Ĭan you see how all the horizontal strokes are written left to right? If you learned how to read stroke diagrams in the introduction to this guide, you will remember that the small numbers are placed where the strokes begin. The image above shows the three stages of writing the kanji 一 ICHI, which is a simple horizontal stroke: Let’s see the character for ‘one’ (as in ‘number one’), 一 ICHI. Horizontal strokes are written from the left to the right. Stroke direction rule 3: nisui rule (pron.Stroke direction rule 2: top to bottom.Stroke direction rule 1: left to right.We are now studying the direction of strokes, not their order. If the direction is not clearly indicated by arrows, it will be fairly easy to figure it out thanks to the small numbers situated where each stroke starts. In this section you should focus solely on the stroke directions indicated by the small arrows (where present), and ignore everything else. In the next section we are going to learn the very basics of how to write kanji: the stroke direction rules. Again, the 12th stroke (green) starts from the top, where the small ‘12’ is situated, then moves horizontally toward the right, changes direction once, and descends diagonally toward the left.The whole character resembles a small ‘L’ shape. The 9th stroke (green) is a very short diagonal stroke which is written with a descending motion, ending with a tiny hook toward the right.The 6th stroke (green) starts at the left extremity, and ends with a downward hook at the right extremity.The small numbers are located as close as possible to the extremity where the strokes start. Stroke diagram: 愛 AI ‘love’.Ī stroke starts where your pen first touches the paper, and ends where you lift the pen from the paper. In this case, from stroke 1 (red) to stroke 13 (red). Stroke order is easier: write the strokes one by one, from the first one to the last one. The extremity where the stroke starts, and.Each stroke has, quite logically, two extremities: The small numbers next to each stroke are telling us two things: As you can see, ‘love’ is made up of 13 strokes. Observe the character for ‘love’, 愛 AI, in the stroke diagram below. Introduction: How to Read Stroke Diagrams The bottom row shows the same colour scheme in greyscale (black&white). From left to right: green, brown, red, blue. Top, left to right: green, brown, red, blue. I will refer to the colours as green, brown, red and blue (and black, where present). The colour scheme used in this guide is colour blind friendly, and black&white photocopy friendly.
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This guide is available entirely for free on: I am open to suggestions that can lead to an improvement of the current guide. Some of the concepts presented here are my personal and original view of what an interpretation of the rules that govern kanji writing could be. We will learn about the three dimensions of kanji composition in 20 intuitive rules: In this guide I want to provide a good foundation for points 1 and 2, and an overview on point 3. Same shapes follow same rules, which means that once you learn an unusual stroke order, you will be able to apply it to all the characters where that shape appears. Regarding the arbitrary rules: learn them as you encounter them. Having achieved that, no actual thinking should ever become necessary again. That’s it! Your objective is to commit these rules and exceptions to muscle memory.
It’s a little like riding a bicycle: difficult at first, automatic at last. Stroke order looks like a chaotic mess, but it’s a lot easier than you think. If you are studying kanji, don’t lose the opportunity to learn them with the correct stroke order.
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