Being Deeply Moved 感動
kandō2 characters24 strokes
感動 (kandō) means being deeply moved: the strong feeling that stirs your heart when you see or experience something wonderful.
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Meaning 意味
What 感動 means
The Japanese word for Being Deeply Moved, written with 2 kanji and read kandō.
感動 is the experience of having your heart strongly moved by something wonderful you see or go through. The two characters join 感, feeling, and 動, move.
When people write it in Japan. People in Japan write 感動 for pieces about an experience that stayed with them, or to express a heart that feels things deeply.
Both kanji are taught in 3rd grade in Japan.
How to write it 書き方
Brush tips for 感動
Regular script (kaisho)
- In 感, stretch the slanting curved stroke at the upper right long to the lower right and flick up, so the character looks big.
- Write 心 (heart) at the bottom of 感 wide, fitting it right below the upper part.
- In 動, leave a little space between 重 on the left and 力 on the right, and stretch the left sweep of 力 long.
Semi-cursive script (gyōsho)
- In 感, move the brush as if linking the strokes of the upper part, and make the curved stroke at the upper right large and free.
- Write the dots of 心 at the bottom lightly and with rhythm, as if they connect.
- In 動, link the horizontal lines of 重 on the left as you write. Then sweep 力 on the right broadly to finish the character.
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
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- 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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