Setting Out 出発
shuppatsu2 characters14 strokes
出発 (shuppatsu) means setting out: leaving on the way to a destination, and also making a fresh start on something new.
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Meaning 意味
What 出発 means
The Japanese word for Setting Out, written with 2 kanji and read shuppatsu.
出発 means heading out toward a place you want to reach. It is also used for beginning something new, such as a new stage of life.
When people write it in Japan. People in Japan write 出発 for a fresh start, such as a new school year, the move to junior high school or the beginning of a new year.
Japanese children know every kanji here by 3rd grade.
How to write it 書き方
Brush tips for 出発
Three things to watch
- In 出, run the middle vertical line straight down through the center, and make the upper mountain shape a little smaller than the lower one.
- Spread the top part of 発 (hatsugashira) wide to the left and right, as if covering the lower part.
- Bend the last stroke of 発 freely to the right, then flick up.
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
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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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