Comical and Playful

July 24, 2010

"Comical and Playful" in kanji. Japanese calligraphy art by Nao.

"Comical and Playful" by Nao

hai

This hai is the hai of haiku. Haiku is a style of Japanese poetry. A haiku is a short verse composed of three phrases: 5 syllabics, 7 and 5. For more information about haiku, visit the post -> haiku and tanka.

A haiku poet is haijin.


The kanji for "Comical and Playful" with the stroke order and arrows showing directions.

  1. Begin to draw the left-hand side of the character. Draw the sweeping stroke.
  2. Draw the vertical stroke touching the previous stroke.
  3. Begin to draw the right-hand side of the character. Draw the long sweeping stroke from the top.
  4. Draw the upper left horizontal stroke.
  5. Draw the horizontal stroke below it.
  6. Draw the lower left horizontal stroke heading toward the next stroke.
  7. Draw the vertical line.
  8. Draw the upper right horizontal stroke.
  9. Draw the horizontal stroke below it.
  10. Draw the lower right horizontal stroke.
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