My Japanese Writing

[Ayu 「あゆ」]

Hey there! Just wanted to show off a little bit of my writing skills as i am getting better. Its kind of a nonsense thread but I decided to do it anyways. Let me knoe what you think! Ill post more pics as I get a bit better at writing some other kanjis

[Yayoushiko]

That is actually really good,Better than mine anyway.I only know a couple of those character's.

[animeyay]

Pretty good (legibility is the most important after all)
that な looks a little funky, but maybe it's just me lol

[Darkcobra]

Pretty good (legibility is the most important after all)
that な looks a little funky, but maybe it's just me lol

ye i thought the な was a little off but not terrible anyways.

Either way thats awesome writing, my writing is still scruffy but to be fair i was never neat in English so it aint much surprise my japanese isn't great (but i think its better than my English ^^) anyways i think that's very nice looking. Looks nice to look at so i would say congratz on the nice writing
very good job, keep up the good work
i say great job with the ぬ as truth is i (still) struggle in writing this one, its a pain to make look good but yours looks great so well done

[animeyay]

my writing is still scruffy but to be fair i was never neat in English so it aint much surprise my japanese isn't great (but i think its better than my English ^^)

you're welcome to post your handwriting, too~

[Darkcobra]

Haha i think i will save my humiliation for now xD seriuosly its terrible :P

[Ayu 「あゆ」]

Thanks for the compliment! And yeah, I kind of splurged on the な but it's still all legible. I wrote it fairly fast too

[animeyay]

@Ayuda
Just curious, did you learn to write Japanese on your own (as opposed to in a classroom)?
I ask because I noticed you wrote your さ, き, and り computer-style, not handwriting-style. ;D

[Ayu 「あゆ」]

I really wish I was taking an class... :'(

Currently, I'm learning thru some books, an App, and the Internet. I know I'm suppose to lift the pen on some of them but it was a bit easier doing it the other way for me.

[№ ∂]

Great job!
But you need more practice with the kanjies, you wrote them too widely.. e.g. '日' and '曰' are two entirely different words.
Keep it up~!

[Tyraxx]

Great job!
But you need more practice with the kanjies, you wrote them too widely.. e.g. '日' and '曰' are two entirely different words.
Keep it up~!

Well it's the same with kana, like カ and　力 are different and also to be aware to write some kana smaller in order to have another function.
(Just referring to Innocence opinion)
But in the end you don't need to be that stingy with this, since you can see from the contexts what it means.

[Ayu 「あゆ」]

I memorized a few more kanji, and so I just decided to post another pic tho it's not much different from the first pic I posted.

Also, if anyone wants to post their own handwriting, they can as well.

[animeyay]

Looks fine to me~ The only thing I'd change is your way of writing the "辶" radical. In handwriting, it looks rather different...

[animeyay]

Upon closer inspection, also:

It would seem you were copying words from a computer screen or a printed book, (which is fine, by the way,) but just be aware that some words look different in handwriting.

[Nion]

You're doing pretty well, but just like learning any language, you need to get down the proper way something is written. Unfortunately with asian languages there are certain orders to the strokes to make the characters, so if you can find an online source or even a practice workbook that would set you up just right. Good luck!

[alisaallthat]

I feel extreme jealousy now, lol.

Seriously, the only characters I can do are the numbers and a few extremely simple ones. I must idolize you now *puppy eyes*

[sokii]

I suggest spreading out the characters more to get a clear view &

(based on looking at the first post)
i would say something about the kanji but i don't know most of them. V:

[rmaroney]

I wrote out the text you had in the first image, to show you how I write it. I'm not an expert on writing it myself, just thought it would be good for you to see another person's attempt (and there are probably mistakes, such as the bit I crossed out by the ya of oyasumi!) For the most part, my Japanese friends can read my handwriting easily. Also note, the only pen I had near me was a fudepen (brush pen), which wasn't ideal for the smaller lines of this pad, haha.

[animeyay]

@rmaroney

wow your characters are highly connected, especially the い and う. yea I can read them with no problem in context, but in isolation your い looks more like ん and your う looks more like ろ. ;D

[rmaroney]

Oh wow! I never noticed that before haha. My style takes after a cursive I saw a while back, and it looks much better than what my writing used to. Shodou isn't my strong point it seems ;D

Edit: here is my handwriting for hiragana to show what show how my characters differ (I don't know what happened to ke though):

[animeyay]

My style takes after a cursive I saw a while back

Yeah, that is totally different from my print style lol, but I'll have to say your cursive looks very cool. It's not as boring as the common stroke-by-stroke way of writing, and it feels more like art than writing when done right. Keep it up!

Yeah, my writing's on the boring/uncreative/unoriginal side :P

[rmaroney]

Yeah, that is totally different from my print style lol, but I'll have to say your cursive looks very cool. It's not as boring as the common stroke-by-stroke way of writing, and it feels more like art than writing when done right. Keep it up!

Yeah, my writing's on the boring/uncreative/unoriginal side :P

Thank you! I think it also grow from the fact I did buy the fudepens at some point, so I got used to writing with them, so I could practice a cursive style better. I really like your style though, I wish I could write like that :P Your あ and ひ look amazing, they're the hardest hiragana for myself.

[animeyay]

Your あ and ひ look amazing, they're the hardest hiragana for myself.

lol thanks. besides あ, many people also have problem with そ, ふ, ゆ, を, etc, because those kana need good balance to look good. I guess practice makes perfect My handwriting is getting rusty since I rarely have a chance to write in Japanese anymore...

[Ayu 「あゆ」]

@alisaallthat Thank you so much! It's really nice to know I have a fan!

@sokii @animeyay Thanks for helping me out and critiquing my writing! I'll have to keep these things in mind when I'm writing in the future. Also, you two have really awesome handwriting