画数. The number of strokes in a kanji character.
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Which kanji has the greatest number of strokes?
What is the most complex kanji (in terms of number of strokes), whether or not it's actually used often?
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Is the kanji/kokuji "taito" (たいと) with 84 strokes legitimate and ever used?
Taito is mentioned as the kanji/kokuji with the highest stroke count consisting of 84 strokes in Wikipedia.
Taito is composed of two kanji ("cloud" (雲) and "dragon" (龍) repeated three times each for a total of six characters and has the meaning of…
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Is 胡 missplaced in the Kodansha Kanji Learner's Dictionary?
I recently tried to look up the kanji 胡 in the Kodansha Kanji Learner's Dictionary, which uses the SKIP method to look up each kanji, and I couldn't find it. It seemed to me a relatively straightforward kanji look-up using the SKIP method: It is…
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Quotation Mark Stroke Order
How do Japanese people hand-write the Japanese Quotation Marks (「 」)? Is there a correct stroke order?
I am asking specifically about those used in horizontal writing, although I wouldn't mind knowing about the vertical ones too.
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Computer fonts - Small Hane Inkblot Thing
I noticed that some fonts have a small, stylized inkblot on the end of certain strokes in kanji. When I first realized this, I honestly thought that I, myself, was having a stroke! Regardless, I have come to accept that they are there, but I would…
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How to reconcile stroke order with font variation on 衷?
From Jisho.org, the stroke order for 衷 (inmost, heart, mind, inside) is:
I count 9 strokes, but the stroke number is listed there as 10. Additionally, on Android (with kanji fix), the kanji is rendered like this:
The number of strokes and the…
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Stroke recognition in this kanji?
So I'm practicing how to count the strokes of a Kanji. I've been having troubles for this one since I can't find it on Jisho. So I've wanted to ask: am I even right with the number of strokes?
If not, is there an easier way to count the strokes of…
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Why is ヲ written with 3 strokes?
I'm still learning how to write Japanese, but I feel like I'm starting to get a feel for the rules of stroke order. However, the stroke order for ヲ (katakana wo) baffles me.
According to everything I find, it's 3 strokes: The two horizontal stokes,…
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Is the 女 radical ever written with the strokes くフ?
The shape of the onna-hen radical can obviously be represented this way, and in plenty of fonts it actually is, as in the character 好.
While the "correct" way to write it is as a skinnier version of the full-size character, using the strokes くノ一,…
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Kanji size and proportions
When I'm practicing writting kanji, the proportions between each of the strokes always seem to be a little off. Are there known exercises to help with this? At the moment, I'm only trying to "copy" it from Word until it gets more or less…
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How strictly does calligraphy typically abide by stroke rules?
My previous question wasn't great, but I didn't want to ask this question without being sure that the kanji below the blue line is 会, but I'm assuming that it is.
In the above example, I've circled the parts that seem to be completely superfluous…
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Kanji from an image
I'd appreciate it if anyone can give me directions on the meaning of this kanji:
How many strokes does it have?
