Lesson 44 — Characters 641–652: 徒 従 得 徳 聴 船 般 航 億 憶 漫 巡 Companion file to Workbook

Quick Reference

#	Kanji	Stroke Order	Strokes	Links
641	徒		10	Jisho · AnimCJK
642	従		10	Jisho · AnimCJK
643	得		11	Jisho · AnimCJK
644	徳		14	Jisho · AnimCJK
645	聴		17	Jisho · AnimCJK
646	船		11	Jisho · AnimCJK
647	般		10	Jisho · AnimCJK
648	航		10	Jisho · AnimCJK
649	億		15	Jisho · AnimCJK
650	憶		16	Jisho · AnimCJK
651	漫		14	Jisho · AnimCJK
652	巡		6	Jisho · AnimCJK

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Per-Kanji Stroke Notes

641 — 徒 (follower / on foot) — 10 strokes

• Structure: 彳 (3 strokes) on the left, then 土 + 龰/止 stacked on the right.
• Watch: 彳 always goes first (top-down: short slash, second slash, vertical). Then the right side starts with 土 (cross, vertical, base) before the lower 止-like component.
• Common error: Treating the right-bottom as a generic "person on legs" — it's a foot/止 motif, not 人.

642 — 従 (follow / obey) — 10 strokes

• Structure: 彳 on the left, 从 (two people) at top right, foot 龰 at bottom right.
• Watch: After 彳, write 从 as two小-like strokes (left person, then right), then complete the foot. Easy to lose stroke count if you draw 从 as four strokes — it's two pairs (2 + 2 strokes).
• Common error: Mixing 従 with 徒 — the right side is the giveaway: 从 (people) for 従, 土 for 徒.

643 — 得 (gain / obtain) — 11 strokes

• Structure: 彳 + 旦 (top right) + 寸 (bottom right).
• Watch: 寸 is the hand. Write the horizontal stroke of 寸 connecting cleanly to 旦 above; the dot of 寸 comes last.
• Common error: Drawing 旦 as 日 — 旦 has a single base line below 日, distinguishing "morning" / "shell-shape" from "sun".

644 — 徳 (virtue) — 14 strokes

• Structure: 彳 + 直 (10 strokes worth: 十 + 目 + horizontal base) + 心 (4 strokes) at the very bottom.
• Watch: 直 is the densest sub-component. Top-to-bottom: 十, then 目's frame and inner strokes, then the long bottom horizontal. Then 心 in 4 strokes (left dot, hook, two dots).
• Common error: Stopping at 直 without the 心 underneath — 徳 always ends with the heart.

645 — 聴 (listen attentively) — 17 strokes

• Structure: 耳 (6) on the left + 𢛳 (= 直 truncated + 心) on the right.
• Watch: 耳 is left-side ear: vertical, top horizontal, two inner horizontals, bottom long horizontal that extends right, then the inside vertical. Then the right side mirrors 徳's right-side construction (without the彳).
• Common error: This is the highest-stroke kanji in the lesson — pace yourself. Confusion with 聞 (gate + ear) is common; 聴 has 耳 plus the directed-mind apparatus.

646 — 船 (ship) — 11 strokes

• Structure: 舟 (boat radical, 6 strokes) + 㕣 (= 八 over 口, 5 strokes).
• Watch: 舟 has a tricky stroke order — the slanting top, then a kind of curved cradle, then two short cross-strokes. Practice 舟 alone first.
• Common error: Treating the right side as "公" or "口 only" — it's specifically 八 stacked over 口.

647 — 般 (sort, kind) — 10 strokes

• Structure: 舟 (left) + 殳 (long-handled tool: 几-like top + 又 below).
• Watch: 舟 first (same as in 船), then 殳 — top component is two strokes, bottom is 又 (3 strokes).
• Common error: 般 vs 船 — both have 舟. The right side differs: 殳 (tool) for 般, 㕣 (mouth-and-eight) for 船.

648 — 航 (navigate) — 10 strokes

• Structure: 舟 (left) + 亢 (right: 亠 + 几).
• Watch: 亢 is just two top strokes (亠) and a 几-shape — the simplest right-side in the 舟 trio.
• Common error: Confusing 亢 with 几 alone — 亢 has the 亠 cap on top.

649 — 億 (hundred million) — 15 strokes

• Structure: 亻 (person, 2) on the left + 意 (sound = 音 + 心, 13) on the right.
• Watch: 亻 first — short slash, then vertical. Then 意: top is 音 (立 + 日, 9 strokes), bottom is 心 (4 strokes).
• Common error: Skipping the 立 cap of 音 and writing 日心 directly — 意 always has the full 立 / 音 stack.

650 — 憶 (memory) — 16 strokes

• Structure: 忄 (heart vertical, 3) + 意 (13).
• Watch: 忄 first — left dot, right dot, then long vertical. Then 意 just like in 億.
• Pair drill: Write 億 and 憶 side by side. Same right side; only the left radical changes (亻 → 忄).

651 — 漫 (loose, aimless) — 14 strokes

• Structure: 氵 (water, 3) + 曼 (sound = 日 + 罒-like + 又, 11).
• Watch: 氵 first (three dots), then 曼 top-down: 日, then the broad 罒 frame, then 又 at the bottom.
• Common error: Writing the 罒 part as 四 — 罒 has flat top, no inner bottom hook.

652 — 巡 (patrol, go around) — 6 strokes

• Structure: 巛 (= 川, three flowing strokes) inside 辶 (advance radical).
• Watch: Write 巛 first (three short downward strokes, left → middle → right), then the 辶 wraps around — the dot at top, then the body of 辶 swooping in last.
• Common error: Writing 辶 first; 辶 always comes last in any にょう-radical kanji.

Stroke Patterns in This Lesson

The 彳 cluster — 徒 従 得 徳

Four of twelve kanji begin with 彳 (3 strokes: short slash, longer slash, vertical). Always: 彳 first, then everything else. The right side completely determines the meaning:

The 舟 cluster — 船 般 航

Three of twelve. 舟 always goes first on the left (6 strokes; practice this radical alone). Right sides:

The 意 pair — 億 憶

Same right side (意, 13 strokes), different radical. Drill them together. The order on the right is identical, so the practice transfers cleanly.

The にょう trap — 巡

巡 is the only にょう-radical kanji in this lesson. Remember: 巛 (the inside) is written first, then 辶 wraps around it last. This pattern recurs throughout the joyo set (進, 道, 通, 連, etc.).

Sources

• KanjiVG — Stroke-order SVG source. CC-BY-SA 3.0. https://github.com/KanjiVG/kanjivg
• AnimCJK — Animated SVG (browser viewing). Arphic Public License. https://github.com/parsimonhi/animCJK
• Jisho — Reading and meaning verification. https://jisho.org
• Kakijun — Stroke-order reference. https://kakijun.jp