Unbreakable Spirit 不屈の精神
fukutsu no seishin5 characters36 strokes
不屈の精神 (fukutsu no seishin) means an unbreakable spirit: a strong heart that never gives in and gets back up however many times it fails.
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Meaning 意味
What 不屈の精神 means
A Japanese saying, read fukutsu no seishin.
LiterallySpirit of not bending.
不屈 means never giving in, however hard things get. 不屈の精神 is a strong heart that gets back up no matter how many times it fails.
The hiragana の joins the two words, much like "of" in English.
When people write it in Japan. It suits a piece about facing something hard, or a big goal, with the resolve never to give up.
Japanese students learn the last of these kanji in junior high school.
How to write it 書き方
Brush tips for 不屈の精神
Semi-cursive script (gyōsho)
- In the 月 at the lower right of 精, the two inner horizontals are linked by a thin line, written in one stroke that folds back.
- Write the four kanji large and the hiragana の a little smaller and rounded. This keeps all five characters in good balance.
- The right vertical of 神 is the longest stroke in this piece. Bring it straight down, letting it get thinner toward the bottom, and lift off.
Stroke order
Follow the vermilion stroke, frame by frame. Shown in regular script. Semi-cursive follows the same order, with strokes joined.
Stroke order data: KanjiVG by Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
How to practice 練習
Trace first, then copy
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- TraceTrace the outlines with a brush pen. Or lay thin hanshi paper over the page and trace with brush and ink.
- CopySet the model beside your paper and copy it stroke by stroke. Look at the model more than at your own paper.
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