How to Write the Kanji for Numbers 5 & 6: Step-by-step

Hey there Steemians!

Tonight I'll be continuing the Kanji writing of numbers 5 & 6. So here it goes.

Kanji for number 5

• I still drew a pencil guide of the figure before using the brush and paint. Then, draw a line across the paper starting from left to right. This is the first stroke.

• Then connect a line from the top of the figure dragging the brush downwards. This is the second stroke.

• As for the third stroke, I drew a line in the middle of the figure and shifting the brush 90 degrees downward forming a two-sided square.

• Finally, the last stroke is the closing one. I drew a straight line (though, it may not seem like it) from left to right to close the figure.

Meaning: Five
Onyomi: Go
Kunyomi: Itsu

The kanji for number 5 is actually one of the counting kanji I love and has four strokes as you can see! It looks like number five from the figure below, right?

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Kanji for number 6

• As for number 6, I started off with a slanted (tategaki style) vertical line on the paper. It's the first stroke.

• Followed by a straight line across the paper drawn from left to right.

• The third stroke is drawn on the left side of the figure from top to left bottom. Supposedly the bottom tip is thinner than the top tip but I can't seem to control the brush during this time so the result's that.

• As for the last stroke, it's drawn on the right side of the figure starting from top left to right bottom (I don't know if it's right) with the top tip thinner than the bottom tip.

Meaning: Six
Onyomi: Roku
Kunyomi: Mu / Mut / Mui

**TRIVIA: ** 6 can be written VI. So if you turn them around, you get the figure below. It looks like the kanji for 6, right?

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So that's it for 5 and 6. I'm actually excited to finish the kanji of numbers and move on to the kanji for elements. They're beautiful. I hope I could write them beautifully, though.

Till next time,
tina