️ This video takes you inside a Japanese calligraphy school, where students practice the art of shodō, writing kanji and kana with traditional brushes. Watch as they perfect each stroke!

KYOTO -- The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation announced on Dec. 12 that the kanji character for 2024, which expresses the state of the world through a single character, was "kin," meaning ...

Archaic forms of kanji that are difficult to decipher in ... scholars and others can gain a better grasp of what people were writing about in bygone times. Six research institutes were involved ...