After learning the character 木/ki/tree in one of their first lessons, all new students of kanji remember that magic moment when they encountered the character for “forest”—森 or mori. How simple! A forest is just a bunch of trees? How obvious! This character is so basic it’s taught in first grade, its twelve strokes the most of any character the kids learn that year. Then of course two trees is a grove: 林/
Nice post on rigiji. The big discovery for me this time – how did I not know this? – was the meaning of those 4 dashes. I'll never look at that chon-chon-chon-chon so unquestioningly again!
Nice post on rigiji. The big discovery for me this time – how did I not know this? – was the meaning of those 4 dashes. I'll never look at that chon-chon-chon-chon so unquestioningly again!