It's about this primitive: 'hood' 冂
The first line is always straight down like |
But in 317 'circumference' 周 it goes like 丿
Even though Heisig sees this as the same I see a clear diffrence. Does anyone know in which kanjis the croocked one is used, and in which ones the straight ones? Because I am at Kanji 730 now, and I am afraid that I have been using them wrongly and sometimes did it straight when it had to go croocked and the other way around.
Thanks a lot!
-Mesqueeb
liosama
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Mm good observation i didn't really notice. But i still drew おなじ (same) as a straight down, and しゅう (circumference) as a curve without even realising it;o.
I had a check, and it turns out only しゅう (circumference) has a curve, and everything else under a hood i.e a mouth, single stroke or whatever use a straight line.
Last edited by liosama (2008 November 16, 11:49 pm)
Katsuo
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Kanji with the curved-edge version of "hood" are "circumference" 周 and other characters that include it. (317, 318, 349, 1710, 2135, 2812).
Also "angle" 角 and other characters that include it. (1812, 1813, 1814, 2682).
This is consistent in most (but not all) fonts.
stehr
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Interesting.. Seems to me like the curvature in "circumference" 周 looks a lot like a bloated version of "moon/flesh" 月 or the old 册 "counter for books", which I'm assuming were scrolls. Naturally, as in "moon" you would write the stroke curving to match the meaning, the moon curves, a circumference follows a curve, etc. Thanks for the post, I just realized this, and I've been writing it incorrectly all along.
