To Leap

 

To Leap

 

odo-ru, yaku

The left-hand side of the character depicts a foot as yesterday’s character. The right-hand side means a pheasant which dances quickly high in the sky. And this character itself means to leap or to run fast. It also implies an exciting feeling. The verb “odoru” means to dance but it is not a dance to the music but to your enthusiasm. The verb “kokoro odoru” therefore means exciting.

Yesterday’s character and today’s one look and mean alike. Chōyaku means a jump.

Some people become popular in a night. Instantly acquired popularity is expressed as ichiyaku, which literally means “one leap.”

Other words have good meanings, too. Yakudō expresses excitingly active and lively motion. When you feel this, such feeling is called “yakudō kan.”

Yakujo means liveliness but this one is not well-known.

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1. Draw the left-side of the rectangle.
2. Draw the upper and right sides of the rectangle.
3. Draw the lower side of the rectangle.
4. Draw the vertical stroke.
5. Draw the short horizontal stroke.
6. Draw the short vertical stroke.
7. Draw the sweeping stroke.
8. Begin to draw the right-hand side of the character. Draw the hook.
9. Draw the horizontal stroke.
10. Draw the horizontal stroke below it.
11. Draw another hook.
12. Draw the horizontal stroke.
13. Draw the horizontal stroke below it.
14. Draw the sweeping stroke near the center.
15. Draw the vertical stroke touching the previous stroke.
16. Draw another sweeping stroke.
17. Draw the horizontal stroke touching the previous sweeping stroke.
18. Draw the vertical stroke parallel to the vertical stroke that is close to the center.
19. Draw the horizontal stroke crossing the previous stroke.
20. Draw the horizontal stroke below the previous stroke.
21. Draw the horizontal stroke at the bottom.

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