Japanese Advent Calendar 2022 🎄 🇯🇵

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Dec 9

Kanji in Ascending Stroke Order
Strokes:9

海

Kun: うみ
On: カイ

Words of the day: 海かい賊ぞく (pirate, sea robber), 海いる 豚か (dolphin), 海くら月げ (jellyfish), 海うみ鳥どり (seabird)

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Posting this a little early, as I may not have time tomorrow. 海 is a Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2. It’s JLPT level N4 and WK level 6. I like it both for its shape and its meaning.

Here’s a video of Japanese Calligrapher Takumi writing it (and other sea-related kanji)

海に関する漢字を書いてみた

Here’s the stroke order:

And variations: