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| fobos3 Diglot Newbie United Kingdom Joined 4548 days ago 2 posts - 2 votes Speaks: Bulgarian*, English Studies: Japanese | Message 1 of 8 13 April 2013 at 9:41pm | IP Logged |
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Hello. I measured my notebook to have an 8mm separation between the lines, so I am practising writing kanji in an 8mmx8mm squares. I have problems when writing kanji like 事. I can't seem to fit those type of kanji in the space I have even when I am really careful. The issue I am having is that there are too many vertical levels and I eventually run out of space.
So, I was wondering if anyone has any tips or previous experience with the same problem. How did you manage to decrease the size of your kanji. I have no problem writing them when I use bigger squares. Regards 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Cabaire Senior Member Germany Joined 5603 days ago 725 posts - 1352 votes  | Message 2 of 8 13 April 2013 at 10:40pm | IP Logged |
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I use a pencil with 0,5 mm width. This is sufficient to write even complex characters (I use rectangles of about 12 mm). But I must admit, characters like 鐵 or even 廳 (25 strokes) look indeed a bit crowded.
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| HopeTea Newbie Japan Joined 4275 days ago 37 posts - 41 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Japanese | Message 3 of 8 14 April 2013 at 2:33am | IP Logged |
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The more kanji you learn and write, the better you will get. I used to have the same problem, and now somehow I have gotten a lot better without a real strategy. I think a lot of it is just practice. Sorry for not having a more helpful answer!
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| hjordis Senior Member United States snapshotsoftheworld. Joined 5190 days ago 209 posts - 264 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French, German, Spanish, Japanese | Message 4 of 8 14 April 2013 at 4:57am | IP Logged |
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I agree, lots of practice and a thin writing tip helps. I still prefer using graph paper or a wider rule, though.
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| HopeTea Newbie Japan Joined 4275 days ago 37 posts - 41 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Japanese | Message 5 of 8 14 April 2013 at 5:07am | IP Logged |
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I bought the actual books Japanese schoolchildren use to practice. If you know someone in Japan, they can buy them for 100 yen a book. Or you can buy online or possibly from a Japanese store in your area if you have one. I'm not sure if the size is any different from what you're using now, though. I don't remember the measurements right off hand.
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| Victor Berrjod Diglot Groupie Norway no.vvb.no/ Joined 5113 days ago 62 posts - 110 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, English Studies: Japanese, Korean, Ancient Greek, Biblical Hebrew, Mandarin, Cantonese | Message 6 of 8 14 April 2013 at 11:57am | IP Logged |
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My notebook is 6mm, and I've been using it to goldlist traditional characters now for almost a year. Before that, I used the same kind of book to goldlist Japanese and (simplified) Mandarin vocabulary, so I already had some practise. Still, in the beginning I had trouble fitting e.g. 龜 on the line. Now, after all that practise, it's much easier. My pen is 0.5 mm wide.
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| Cavesa Triglot Senior Member Czech Republic Joined 5013 days ago 3277 posts - 6779 votes Speaks: Czech*, FrenchC2, EnglishC1 Studies: Spanish, German, Italian | Message 7 of 8 14 April 2013 at 3:41pm | IP Logged |
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When I was trying to learn kana for the first time (I will surely seriously start
Japanese one day :-D ), I have tried either a usual squared notebook but I used 2x2 squares for each letter. Or I have seen something better: there are notebooks for little schoolkids with either wider lines or larger squares like 1cmx1cm. Could be perfect for the beginnings of writing (or they are awesome for sudoku). 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| baskerville Trilingual Triglot Newbie Singapore scribeorigins.com Joined 4250 days ago 39 posts - 43 votes Speaks: English*, Tagalog* Studies: German*, Japanese Studies: Hungarian | Message 8 of 8 12 June 2013 at 2:04pm | IP Logged |
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I used to do this too :) I got a Hello Kitty Kanji writing book that even comes with
stickers that say "Very good" or "Practice more" :P When I ran out of pages, I just got a plain Kanji notebook from a Japanese grocery. It's the one that schoolchildren use to practice Kanji writing so the squares are larger. Writing over and over is a great way to remember Kanji and also to help you write beautifully, especially if you are a tactile learner. But I stopped when I got to intermediate Japanese because there were so many characters already. BTW, do you know the Nintendo DS game "Kanji Bimoji Training"? 1 person has voted this message useful |
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