Dec10
Kanji in Ascending Stroke Order
Strokes:10
鬼
Kun: おに、 おに-
On: キ
Words of the day: 吸血鬼 (vampire, bloodsucker), 疑心暗鬼 (everything looks suspicious, jumping at shadows),鬼ごっこ (the children’s game ‘tag’), 鬼が笑う (to be laughable, to be unrealistic)
鬼 means demon. It’s a Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high. It’s JLPT level N1 and WK level 23.
Here’s a video of Japanese Calligrapher Takumi writing it with a brush pen (first kanji in the video):
Here’s the stroke order:
And variations:
