漢字

Japanese Kanji

かんじ

漢字kanji（Chinese characters） are ideographic characters that originated in the Yellow River civilization of ancient China.

Writing tools, the medium in which they are written, the speed at which they are written, the way they are written, and other factors can change the style of a character. When these stylistic differences extend to the entire writing system, they are referred to as “typefaces. Currently, there are five styles of Chinese characters in use: seal script, clerical script, cursive script, running script, and standard script.

Typeface

かいしょ

楷書 kaisyo　

Regular script

He wrote the stipple accurately and is currently the most standard typeface.

ぎょうしょ

行書 gyousyo

Semi-cursive script

A typeface that is easy to read while being suitable for quick strokes, with continuous and omitted point strokes.

そうしょ

草書 sousyo

Cursive script

Cursive script, which is similar to Japanese cursive script, is very difficult to read as well as write.Cursive script, which is similar to Japanese cursive script, is very difficult to read as well as write.

てんしょ

篆書 tensyo

Seal script

It is not a single typeface, but a general term for ancient typefaces from BC for a long time.

隷書 reisyo

Clerical script

A simplified version of Ten-Shiyo (seal script), which was widely used in the Han Dynasty. It was widely used in the Han Dynasty. Later, block style was developed from slave-style calligraphy.

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