by Nao

kan

In my understanding, kan is something related to China. Kanji means Chinese characters, which were invented in ancient China and were introduced to Japan in the early centuries of the Christian era. All the Japanese characters I put the tag ,kanji, here are kanji.

This is also the name of the dynasty, Han, first established in 206 BC. The Chinese had already had characters. The Qin dynasty had a unified system of characters.

Chinese poetry is kanshi, of which the shi is poetry. Kanbun is text written in Chinese. Bun means text.  Japanese students study famous kanshi poems and learn how to translate kanbun into Japanese very briefly.

Addition: “Kan” also means a man. (June 26, 2010)

1. Draw the dot in the upper-left corner.
2. Draw the dot below it.
3. Draw the upward stroke in the lower-left corner. This stroke is heading toward the next stroke.
4. Draw the dot on the top near the center.
5. Draw the horizontal stroke crossing the dot.
6. Draw the sweeping dot crossing the horizontal stroke.
7. Start drawing the rectangle. Draw the left side of the rectangle.
8. Draw the right-angled hook, that is, the upper and the right sides of the rectangle.
9. Draw the lower side of the rectangle.
10. Draw the horizontal stroke below the rectangle.
11. Draw the longest horizontal stroke.
12. Draw the sweeping stroke from the upper side of the rectangle to the center bottom.
13. Draw the sweeping stroke from where the last two strokes intersect. Spread the brush gradually toward the end.