Boisterous

kure, go

Unless you live in a city called Kure 呉 in Hiroshima, this character is not so useful. If the character has any meaning, it means boisterous. But you don’t have to remember it at all.

If you are interested in Chinese history or anecdotes, it may be useful to know that Go is the name of a country which existed in ancient China. One of the famous anecdotes is called “goetsu dōshū.” Etsu is another country’s name. Dōshū means the same ship. Go and Etsu were enemies to each other. People from both countries once sailed on the same boat by chance. They helped each other when a storm hit the boat and almost sank it. When enemies are in the same place, you can describe such a situation as “goetsu dōshū,” whether they help each other or not.

1. Write the left side of the rectangle.
2. Write the upper and right sides of the rectangle.
3. Write the lower side of the rectangle.
4. Write the crooked stroke consisting of two right-angled bends.
5. Write the horizontal stroke.
6. Write the sweeping stroke.
7. Write the dot.