Calligraphy......

Nodoka2007 · (#1 (**permalink**))

Is there anywhere where i could find the japanese alphabet. I want to write it in calligraphy.

Michieru · (#2 (**permalink**))

um... the whole thing??

kanji and haranga?(i cant spell sorry)

Nodoka2007 · (#3 (**permalink**))

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Originally Posted by Michieru

um... the whole thing??

kanji and haranga?(i cant spell sorry)

sorry. i'm kinda new to japanese stuff. do japanese have symbols for words, not symbols for letters? sorry it's confusing. it's my fault. lol. like, where can i find, on the internet, some japanese symbols?

Michieru · (#4 (**permalink**))

well heres the deal

you can probably find all the haranga. they are the basic letters for japanese writing(please correct me if im wrong)

there is about 30-40 of those

and Kanji

will be impossible to just "get"
theres hundreds of them

it takes alot of dedication to learn them.

but hey thats just what i know

Excessum · (#5 (**permalink**))

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nodoka2007

sorry. i'm kinda new to japanese stuff. do japanese have symbols for words, not symbols for letters? sorry it's confusing. it's my fault. lol. like, where can i find, on the internet, some japanese symbols?

Why are people so lazy these days?
Anywho... here's something for starters. Good Luck!

Nodoka2007 · (#6 (**permalink**))

Quote:

Originally Posted by Michieru

well heres the deal

you can probably find all the haranga. they are the basic letters for japanese writing(please correct me if im wrong)

there is about 30-40 of those

and Kanji

will be impossible to just "get"
theres hundreds of them

it takes alot of dedication to learn them.

but hey thats just what i know

thanx..............................

Michieru · (#7 (**permalink**))

haha

listen to excessum

hes smarter than me on that

and he got u a site

Nodoka2007 · (#8 (**permalink**))

Quote:

Originally Posted by Excessum

Why are people so lazy these days?
Anywho... here's something for starters. Good Luck!

thanks.

Electrasol · (#9 (**permalink**))

Heck. Thats easy enough to google.
I salute you for wanting to write in calligraphy. I don't have a steady hand for that kind of stuff. x D

Shaelyn · (#10 (**permalink**))

I wanted to tell ya a few things.

katakana - syllabary used for foreign words - such as Texas and New York.
hiragana - syllabary used for native words - such as sensei and sushi, if you don't know the kanji for them, or if there isn't a kanji for them.
* tobacco is evidently the only foreign word that is written in hiragana.
kanji - used for ideas, such as love, bright, child.

now the thing to beware: some characters look EXACTLY ALIKE. the difference between the characters is in the stroke. ...and some look really similar, the difference being in the stroke. examples (all in katakana): shi シ and tsu ツ or so ソ and n ン

just randomly picking up calligraphy when you don't know Japanese isn't going to be an easy task. the strokes are too important.

good luck!