First, download and print a practice sheet here.
Today, you are going to learn how to draw radical "person" (にんべん ninben).
This radical consists of two strokes, a "left stroke" and a "right stroke", so I think you can draw it easily.
As I showed in this article, draw the radical in the 40% area like the picture below.
After completing the left sweep, start the vertical stroke from the middle of the previous stroke as pictured below.
Now let's write following characters.
stroke order
1. Left sweep
2. Vertical stroke
3. Horizontal stroke
4. Horizontal stroke
| On-yomi | じん jin |
| Kun-yomi | - |
| Meaning | humanity |
Make the second line cross over than the right part to create some space on the bottom of the right part.
stroke order
1. Left sweep
2. Vertical stroke
3. Horizontal stroke
4. Vertical stroke
5. Left sweep
6. Right sweep
| On-yomi | きゅう kyuu |
| Kun-yomi | やす(む) yasumu |
| Meaning | rest |
I already introduced how to draw "tree" in this lesson.
However, this time make the second stroke shorter than the fourth stroke to create some space on the bottom of the radical "person".
As seen above, there are different way of drawing the radical to balance out the kanji.
stroke order
1. Left sweep
2. Vertical stroke
3. Horizontal stroke
4. Curve and hook
5. Dot type A
| On-yomi | だい dai |
| Kun-yomi | か(える) kaeru |
| Meaning | substitute |
This kanij also needs some space in the bottom of the radical.
A tip to make the kanji look better.
Draw the second stroke shorter, which makes the fourth stroke appear longer.
How was this lesson?
All the contents that I introduced today are on the practice sheet.
Please download it from here.
