To Blow

 “To Blow” in kanji. Japanese calligraphy art by Nao.

To Blow

fu-ku, buki, sui

We express things that can blow using this character. The verb fuku means to blow.
Snowstorm is fubuki, which is the combination of today’s character and yuki (snow).
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"Snow" in kanji. Japanese calligraphy art by Nao.

Snow

Some Japanese words such as fubuki have a special reading. We cannot break up these words into syllables corresponding to each kanji.
Yamabuki (Kerria Japonica) is a yellow flower. Yamabuki implies a wind blowing from the mountain. In its sense, the reading is sansui. Yamabuki is also the name of a color. The color is the color of this flower, that is, golden yellow. Susan Drackett took this beautiful photo.

Kerria Japonica Flower by Susan Drackett
Kerria Japonica Flower, a photo by Susan Drackett on Flickr.

The kanji for “To Blow” with the stroke order and arrows showing directions.

  1. Draw the left side of the rectangle.
  2. Draw the upper and right sides of the rectangle.
  3. Draw the lower side of the rectangle.
  4. Draw the sweeping stroke from the top.
  5. Draw the hook.
  6. Draw the sweeping stroke heading toward the lower left.
  7. Draw the sweeping stroke heading toward the lower right corner.

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