Illustration: At a low table in a community calligraphy lesson, a child holds a brush upright over a water-writing practice mat. Only isolated practice strokes appear: straight sweeps and curved hooks that form no readable characters.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

習しゅう字じ

shuuji

calligraphy practice

Example sentences

  1. 手本てほんを見みながら習字しゅうじをしました。

    I practiced calligraphy by looking at examples.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. この伝統でんとうの下した、多おおくの書道教室しょどうきょうしつ・習字しゅうじ教室きょうしつが存在そんざいしている。

    Many Shodo and Shuji classes exist under this tradition.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. 辞職直後じしょくちょくごは、乱みだれた心こころを鎮しずめるため、自宅じたくで習字しゅうじばかりしていたとも伝つたえられている。

    After the retirement, it is said that Takami practiced calligraphy for most of his time in order to calm him down.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 習字

  • 習learnOnシュウ・ジュKunならう・ならい
  • 字character; letterOnジKunあざ・あざな

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