I enjoy writing kanjis for fun as I go. But there are some that are not so fun to write. What are some kanjis you love or hate to write?

[alexberardo]

Hi All!

I’ve been doing this since the beginning of WaniKani where for every lesson I would write down the word or Kanji. Since I limit myself to 15 new words a day tops, I find the time very enjoyable where I can sit down, put on some music and use my soft tip pen to calligraphize.

The left two books are from my RTK days where I would just brute force writing kanjis and hoped they stuck (Didn’t work too well, but I still remember a lot of the mnemonics which I sometimes refer to over the wanikani ones), while the right two books are from WaniKani levels 1-33.

There is some strange pleasure to making a particular Kanji perfect and beautiful. I love writing swoopy ones like 我, 永, 成 and 銭. I dislike the crammed ones that have too many horizontal lines because my coffee powered hands get too shaky sometimes and I lose the ability to draw straight. Examples: 費 (The computer can’t even complete the 貝), 警 and 撃.

Do you guys have any pen and paper recs? I am right now using a Tombow Fudenosuke Brush Pen and I really like it.

[s1212z]

Hmm, some are not as fun to draw, 襲 comes to mind…there are not many ‘imperial’ radicals used, ‘death star’ is another

Here are my current writing leeches, not sure why I don’t like to write them:

藩, 惨, 禍, 唆, 澄, 甚, 濁, 淑, 膨, 漆

[nazan]

Hey, I’ve been doing much the same! Except I’ve put most of my focus on speed rather than neatness just because that’s how I like to write in English as well.
As for pen and paper recs… I am absolutely in love with the pencil and paper I use! A Kuru Toga 0.5 mechanical pencil and Kokuyo loose leaf paper.

(I put a bit of effort into these ones )

[alexberardo]

For writing quick that looks really good! It looks as if an actual japanese person would be taking notes or something.

Here is a better look at mine. I realized I put too many books in my first picture. I can’t imagine being in class and making all my strokes perfect haha. I should learn to write faster!

[alexberardo]

Are there any you like to write?

[nazan]

Thanks! It can be really satisfying writing fast sometimes and not very difficult either (if you don’t worry about looks…)

[Superdeva]

I personally write everything down because it helps me remember. The memory of the movement joins with the mnemonic in my mind.

I wish I had one of those fancy square book like y’all to write! Mine are not quite as fitting for Japanese.

[s1212z]

I suppose they are all fun in some way, perpendicular lines and squares are easier to write proportion wise. 囚 is a fun one since its like a pictograph. I’ll never forget the hint for 幽 given here and reminds me how crazy WK is when writing it :). There are alot of turkey radicals used in kanji, didn’t like writing that one for a while. I’ve made few bad habits stroke wise, relearning a few has been good practice I suppose.

[ResFort]

Off the top of my head I can think of 書. When I started handwriting kanji it always looked awful due to the high density of lines, but after I got the hang of it it’s always fun to squeeze those strokes on the paper. It gives off an orderly chaotic vibe.

There are tons I hate to write, and I must say it’s probably most of them! lol

[fenvizh]

I am rather obsessed with writing (and getting a “cute” handwriting style"). Rather than particular kanji that I don’t enjoy writing I think there tends to be radicals that don’t agree with me. Some I can think of are:

• Any “enclosed” kanji like: 囚因困国 (By extension I hate 玉)
• Any kanji with this shit in it: 武載歳裁 (ほこ部首)
• Most kanji that have しんにょう部首、えんにょう部首 etc: 建庭辺返
• I’m also just not a fan of the shape of the outer part of かぜ部首: 風嵐楓瘋

Here is some handwriting of mine.

[Wantitled]

I love pretty much anything with 氵 or 夂, like 活, 冬, or 落, I find it so satisfying doing those strokes.

I really hate 行 because I can never get the balance right. I’ve never been able to write it well.

[RoseWagsBlue]

For complicated reasons, as part of an address, I need to write 藤 regularly . I get the top, and the 月on the left ok, and it just disinegrates from there.

[RoseWagsBlue]

Also, my worst kana is タ. I never can quite get it right.

[YanagiPablo]

僕にとって最も難しいのは「必」と「飛」だね。

[Leebo]

@RoseWagsBlue

Also, my worst kana is タ. I never can quite get it right.

But what about the kanji 夕

I’m actually surprised we don’t get more questions about the lookalikes.

[Wantitled]

必 was invented because so many people sucked at writing 心 and kept crossing it out that someone assumed it was a new kanji and started using it.

this is a joke, although I wish it was real

[Wantitled]

@Leebo

But what about the kanji 夕

タ, ロ, and カ are easy, 夕, 口, and 力 are impossible to get right

[YanagiPablo]

@Wantitled

必 was invented because so many people sucked at writing 心

Actually my rendering of 必 improved when I started to write it with the Japanese stroke order (that is, not 心 and ノ; but rather ソ 乙 (well more like the second stroke of 弋 ) ヽノ )
(see the stroke order charts at 必 - Wiktionary, the free dictionary )

[alexberardo]

I write my 心 like this

Becuase I saw this guy wearing it when I learned it

[alexberardo]

This is really cute! Is the top left 愛 in cursive?