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| Izual Diglot Newbie Poland Joined 5933 days ago 16 posts - 16 votes Speaks: Polish*, English Studies: Russian, Japanese | Message 1 of 9 21 June 2009 at 6:09pm | IP Logged | ||
Hey. I have a very simple (I hope so :P) question about writing kanji (ani kana too): does it matter whether it's calligraphed or wrote with simple pencil strokes without broad/thin lines differences? I know that the 1st option looks much better but does it affect the meaning in any way? For ex:
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| Bao Diglot Senior Member Germany tinyurl.com/pe4kqe5 Joined 5774 days ago 2256 posts - 4046 votes  Speaks: German*, English Studies: French, Spanish, Japanese, Mandarin | Message 2 of 9 21 June 2009 at 6:44pm | IP Logged | ||
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It doesn't matter. You may look closely at the calligraphed version because it shows you the way a stroke goes (which is somewhat important to be able to read kursive writing), and calligraphed characters look prettier, but that's about it.
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| Sunja Diglot Senior Member Germany Joined 6093 days ago 2020 posts - 2295 votes 1 sounds Speaks: English*, German Studies: French, Mandarin | Message 3 of 9 21 June 2009 at 9:45pm | IP Logged | ||
I think it does but it's probably not the kind of meaning that you're thinking of. The purpose is to endow the character with substance and life -- indeed, character. There's quite a number of factors involving the amount of ink, variation in line-thickness, balance with other characters. There's perhaps a cultural depth/meaning that we as westerners don't recognize unless we're aware of it. Edited by Sunja on 21 June 2009 at 9:55pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Izual Diglot Newbie Poland Joined 5933 days ago 16 posts - 16 votes Speaks: Polish*, English Studies: Russian, Japanese | Message 4 of 9 22 June 2009 at 12:33am | IP Logged | ||
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Well, I'm aware that unless characters are written in calligraphic style it's way not the same but at the moment I'm interested only in preserving the more down-to-earth meaning (so both versions still mean "fire" like here).
And thanks for clarifying this :). Edited by Izual on 22 June 2009 at 12:34am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| pfwillard Pro Member United States Joined 5707 days ago 169 posts - 205 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French Personal Language Map | Message 5 of 9 24 June 2009 at 10:55pm | IP Logged | ||
It matters a lot but there is no substitute for finding some Japanese people and presenting them with examples of your writing to critique. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| OneEye Diglot Senior Member Japan Joined 6858 days ago 518 posts - 784 votes Speaks: English*, Mandarin Studies: Japanese, Taiwanese, German, French | Message 6 of 9 25 June 2009 at 5:22am | IP Logged | ||
How does it matter whether he writes with a brush or a pen? It doesn't. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Gon-no-suke Triglot Senior Member Japan Joined 6442 days ago 156 posts - 191 votes Speaks: Swedish*, Japanese, EnglishC2 Studies: Korean, Malay, Swahili | Message 8 of 9 01 July 2009 at 11:30pm | IP Logged | ||
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No, it doesn't matter, but you can vary the pressure when writing with a pen to get en effect similar to writing with a brush. Check out some ペン習字 books when you come to Japan. Edited by Gon-no-suke on 01 July 2009 at 11:31pm 1 person has voted this message useful |
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