Tree

by Nao

ki, moku, boku

A tree is ki. Trees are kigi. When you write kigi, you can either write this character twice or change the second character, gi, into another that means ditto.

Thursday is mokuyōbi. Mokusei is Jupiter. Mokusei whose sei is another character means something made of wood. Mokkin is xylophone.

A big tree is taiboku.

1. Draw the horizontal line from the left to the right. The tip of the brush moves along the upper side of the line.
2. Draw the vertical line from the top to the bottom. The tip of the brush moves along the left side of the line.
3. Draw the sweeping stroke from the previous strokes intersect. Let it sweep toward the lower left and make it thinner gradually.
4. Draw the sweeping stroke heading toward the other corner. Make it broader at the end.