A View, a Sight, or an Appearance

kan

As you can see in the title, today’s character’s meaning is related to watching. See some compounds including the character to feel the meaning.

• kankō … sightseeing
• jinseikan … one’s theory on of life
• rakkan … optimism
• hikan … pessimism
• bikan … a sense of beauty
• gaikan … the appearance of something such as buildings
• sōkan … a spectacle view

The right-hand side of the character is miru (to look).

1. Draw the sweeping stroke from the top.
2. Draw the horizontal stroke.
3. Draw the sweeping stroke.
4. Draw the horizontal stroke crossing the previous stroke.
5. Draw the vertical stroke to the left.
6. Draw the small sweeping dot.
7. Draw the horizontal stroke touching the previous stroke.
8. Draw the vertical stroke paralleling to the fifth stroke.
9. Draw the horizontal stroke below the seventh stroke.
10. Draw the horizontal stroke below it.
11. Draw the horizontal stroke below it.
12. Begin to draw the right-hand side of the character. Draw the left side of the rectangle.
13. Draw the upper and right sides of the rectangle.
14. Draw the upper horizontal stroke in the rectangle.
15. Draw the lower horizontal stroke in the rectangle.
16. Draw the lower side of the rectangle.
17. Draw the sweeping stroke.
18. Draw the curve with an upward turn.