Lesson 20 — Characters 362–373: 反 対 村 付 団 寸 支 技 術 街 封 筒 Companion file to Workbook

Quick Reference

#	Kanji	Stroke Order	Strokes	Links
362	反		4	Jisho · AnimCJK
363	対		7	Jisho · AnimCJK
364	村		7	Jisho · AnimCJK
365	付		5	Jisho · AnimCJK
366	団		6	Jisho · AnimCJK
367	寸		3	Jisho · AnimCJK
368	支		4	Jisho · AnimCJK
369	技		7	Jisho · AnimCJK
370	術		11	Jisho · AnimCJK
371	街		12	Jisho · AnimCJK
372	封		9	Jisho · AnimCJK
373	筒		12	Jisho · AnimCJK

These PNGs are generated from KanjiVG using kanjivg-to-png, so each image shows the character being built stroke by stroke in panels.

Per-Kanji Stroke Notes

362 — 反 (opposite / reverse) — 4 strokes

• Structure: cliff-like top + hand-like lower part
• Watch: short top stroke first, then long left-falling stroke, then the lower right stroke, then the final sweeping hand stroke
• Common error: making the lower part look like 爪 or writing the last sweep too early

363 — 対 (opposite / pair) — 7 strokes

• Structure: simplified modern form with left component and final 寸-like right side
• Watch: finish the left portion before the right-side 寸
• Common error: compressing the right side too much and losing the final dot balance

364 — 村 (village) — 7 strokes

• Structure: 木 + 寸
• Watch: write the left 木 fully before moving to the right-side 寸
• Common error: writing 寸 too close to 木 and collapsing the two-part structure

365 — 付 (attach / hand over) — 5 strokes

• Structure: 亻 + 寸
• Watch: the person radical is written first in its compact left-side form
• Common error: making the right side too large so it overpowers the narrow 亻

366 — 団 (group) — 6 strokes

• Structure: enclosure + inner component
• Watch: outer enclosure begins first, but the closing stroke comes after the inside is written
• Common error: closing the box too early before adding the inner strokes

367 — 寸 (sun measure) — 3 strokes

• Structure: horizontal / vertical-hook / dot
• Watch: keep the final dot clearly separate from the main vertical-hook stroke
• Common error: turning the final dot into a drag or attaching it to the vertical line

368 — 支 (branch / support) — 4 strokes

• Structure: top cross-like stroke cluster over hand/action bottom
• Watch: compact top first, then lower action stroke sequence
• Common error: confusing it with 又-based characters and flattening the middle crossing point

369 — 技 (skill) — 7 strokes

• Structure: 扌 + 支
• Watch: write the left hand radical first, then the right-side 支 cleanly
• Common error: crowding 支 after a wide 扌

370 — 術 (technique / means) — 11 strokes

• Structure: 行 enclosure-path form + inner/right component
• Watch: keep the left and right rails of 行 distinct while inserting the center component in the correct order
• Common error: tangling the middle strokes or making 行 look like a single box

371 — 街 (street / town) — 12 strokes

• Structure: 行 + 圭
• Watch: treat it as a road radical wrapped around a stacked right-side form
• Common error: uneven spacing between the two verticals of 行 and the right-side 圭 block

372 — 封 (seal / enclose) — 9 strokes

• Structure: earth-mound style left side + 寸
• Watch: the left stacked component is completed before the right-hand 寸-like finish
• Common error: assuming the left side is literally 圭 and misbalancing the lower section

373 — 筒 (tube / cylinder) — 12 strokes

• Structure: 竹冠 + 同
• Watch: the bamboo crown comes first in its standard six-stroke pattern, then the lower 同 block
• Common error: writing an oversimplified top and losing the symmetry of the bamboo radical

Stroke Patterns in This Lesson

Shared right component: 寸

村, 付, and 封 all end with a 寸-like right-side finish. Practice keeping that compact final dot distinct.

Enclosure/path forms

団 uses a full enclosure, while 術 and 街 use 行 as a path-frame radical. All three punish premature closing strokes.

Hand-related writing motion

反, 支, 技 all involve dynamic lower strokes that feel hand-like. These are easy to distort if you rush the last sweep.

Compact daily-use shapes

寸, 付, 村 are simple but need proportion control. Their difficulty is spacing, not complexity.

Sources

• KanjiVG — github.com/KanjiVG/kanjivg | License: CC-BY-SA 3.0 | Source SVG data
• kanjivg-to-png — github.com/nicdgonzalez/kanjivg-to-png | Step-by-step panel PNG generator used for this file
• AnimCJK — github.com/parsimonhi/animCJK | Animated SVG reference
• Jisho.org — jisho.org | Quick kanji lookup and stroke references
• Kakijun — kakijun.jp | Japanese stroke-order reference site