Gratitude 感謝
kansha2 characters30 strokes
感謝 (kansha) means gratitude: the heartfelt feeling you put into the words "thank you" when you appreciate someone or something.
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Meaning 意味
What 感謝 means
The Japanese word for gratitude, written with 2 kanji and read kansha.
感謝 is the feeling behind the words "thank you." It names gratitude itself and sounds a little more formal than a simple spoken thanks.
When people write it in Japan. People in Japan write 感謝 for a piece that looks back on the year, or for kakizome, the first calligraphy of the New Year.
Japanese children know every kanji here by 5th grade.
How to write it 書き方
Brush tips for 感謝
Three things to watch
- Make the upper part of 感 wide. The 7th stroke, the slanting curved stroke, stretches down to the right and flicks up.
- Write 心 (heart) at the bottom of 感 a little smaller than the upper part, and center it.
- 謝 has 17 strokes. Its three parts, the speech radical (gonben), 身 and 寸, stand side by side, so keep each one slim.
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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