Spring Breeze 春風
harukaze2 characters18 strokes
春風 (harukaze) means a spring breeze: the warm, gentle wind that blows in spring and carries the feeling of the new season.
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Meaning 意味
What 春風 means
The Japanese word for Spring Breeze, written with 2 kanji and read harukaze.
Harukaze is the warm, gentle wind that blows in spring. The same characters can also be read shunpū.
When people write it in Japan. Harukaze is a popular word for spring pieces and for practice in March and April.
Both kanji are taught in 2nd grade in Japan.
How to write it 書き方
Brush tips for 春風
Three things to watch
- Space the three horizontal strokes of 春 evenly. Make the third one the longest.
- In 風, make the sweep down to the left long. Bend the right side and flick it up, enclosing a wide space inside.
- Write the part inside 風 fairly small and in the center.
Stroke order
Follow the vermilion stroke, frame by frame.
Stroke order data: KanjiVG by Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
How to practice 練習
Trace first, then copy
- PrintPrint both pages at actual size, on US Letter or A4. Page 1 is the model. Page 2 is the tracing sheet.
- 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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