To Get Over

ko-eru, ko-su, etsu

Our third year began today. Thank you for visiting our blog and we appreciate your support. Many kind visitors have given good advice so we could improve our style of presentation little by little.

If there is a line between the second year and the third year, we have just got over it. We chose the most suitable kanji for this anniversary.

The verbs koeru and kosu mean “to get over.”  When you use this kanji, you often describe a situation in which you might get over some difficulties or hardships.

1. Write the upper horizontal stroke in the upper left corner of the character.
2. Write the vertical stroke crossing the previous stroke.
3. Write the horizontal stroke touching the end of the previous stroke.
4. Write the vertical stroke from the middle of the previous stroke.
5. Write the short horizontal stroke from the middle of the previous stroke.
6. Write the shorter sweeping stroke falling leftward.
7. Write the longer sweeping stroke falling rightward.
8. Write the vertical stroke with an upward turn near the center.
9. Write the horizontal stroke from where you started the previous stroke.
10. Write the curve crossing the horizontal stroke. End the stroke with an upward turn.
11. Write the sweeping stroke crossing the previous stroke.
12. Write the dot in the upper right corner.