Shodo Online Lesson 11, radical “water” - Shodo with a Brush Pen

First, download and print a practice sheet here.

Today, you are going to learn how to draw radical "water" (さんずいへん sanzuihen).

This radical stands for a stream of water, and of course, kanji with the radical "water" is related to water.



Draw the radical "water" in the 40% area as pictured below, just like the other radicals.


The first stroke and the second stroke are the dot type A.
The third stroke is an ewxtended dot type B. Put the brush on the paper at an angle of about 60°, and make a slightly-long hook.



Put the first stroke and the second stroke close together.
Put the third stroke at a distance from the other two.
Place the second stroke closer to the left side than the first stroke.
Make the tip of the first stroke and the third stroke line up.






Now let's write the following characters.



stroke order
1. Dot type A
2. Dot type A
3. Dot type B (extended)
4. Horizontal stroke
5. Vertical stroke

On-yomi	じゅう ju
Kun-yomi	しる shiru
Meaning	soup

This is a combination of the radical "water" and "ten".
Make the fifth stroke long enough to make some space on the bottom of the left part.





stroke order
1. Dot type A
2. Dot type A
3. Dot type B (extended)
4. Continued line
5. Horizontal stroke
6. Left sweep
7. Right sweep

On-yomi	けつ ketsu
Kun-yomi	き(める) kimeru
Meaning	decide

Make the bottom tips line up as pictured above.





stroke order
1. Dot type A
2. Dot type A
3. Dot type B (extended)
4. Continued line and hook
5. Vertical stroke
6. Curve and hook

On-yomi	ち chi
Kun-yomi	いけ ike
Meaning	pond

This kanji is a little bit difficult to balance out.
For the fourth stroke, the first part is angled upwards, and the second part is angled inwards.
The fifth stroke starts from upper place than the sixth stroke.

For this kanji, make some space on the bottom of the right part.





How was this lesson?
All the contents that I introduced today are on the practice sheet.
Please download it from here.