Japanology - KU Leuven

 The remaining kanji we learn to write, this unit: えん - the kanji for 'yen' (￥). Use this directly after a number. ～ねん / ～さい / とし - the kanji for 'year'. Can be used for years (e.g. 2023), age (e.g. 18y.o.). Use directly after a number. Make sure that the top and middle diagonal lines are the same length, and that the bottom one is longer. ひゃく - kanji for '100'. Easy to remember because it looks like the number 100 when you rotate it to the left. Make sure the line on top is longer than the width of the 'box'. せん - kanji for 1,000. Start every stroke where the red dot is on the image here. ～まん - kanji for 10,000. Make sure that the sweep is the last stroke you write, and not the hooked one! You also can't write 万 by itself. It's always ichiman if it's just 10,000, so 一万. We say ～ねん when talking about a year (date), but even though we use the same kanji, ～ねん becomes ～さい when talking about age. For example; 7 years old is NOT 'ななねん', it...

During the first unit of Kanji, we learn to write the numbers 1 thru 10. Here they are, written with the correct stroke order and some memory aids. いち, に and さん are easy. Write every line from left to right and make sure the length of each stroke is similar! Like in 3, the line in the middle should be the shortest, followed by the top most line, and then the bottom most line. End the stroke a little higher than where it started for beauty. し or よん. Start the stroke where each number is. First a vertical stroke down, then a cornered line on top, followed by a downwards sweep on the left, and a cornered 'L' shape next to it within the box. Close the box up at the bottom at the end. A good way to remember that this is よん is by imagining a pictogram of a window, which is split into 4 windows, or maybe that with curtains. When writing ご, make each line end a little higher for beauty as well. The third stroke has a sharp corner with no flow to it. Notice how it kind of looks like a 5...