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書道 (しょどう, shodou) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
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しつ
に
通かよ
っ
て
いる
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She attends a calligraphy class every week.
Calligraphy is one of Japan's traditional arts.
Usage patterns 書しょ 道どう を 習なら う to learn/practice calligraphy
My daughter takes calligraphy lessons every Saturday.
書しょ 道どう 教きょう 室しつ に 通かよ う to attend a calligraphy class
On weekends I go to a calligraphy class.
書しょ 道どう の 腕うで を 磨みが く to hone one's calligraphy skills
He practices every day to improve his calligraphy skills.
Kanji 道 road-way, street, district Related words 習字 refers to basic handwriting practice, often taught to children for neat penmanship, while 書道 is the broader artistic discipline of brush calligraphy.
書道 is the formal, traditional art of calligraphy studied as a discipline, while 書き方 in the penmanship sense refers more casually to neat, everyday handwriting.
書道 names the formal art/discipline of calligraphy, while 書 can refer more loosely to calligraphy or a piece of writing.
Etymology Compound of 書 (writing) and 道 (way, path), literally 'the way of writing'. The term reflects the philosophical and artistic discipline of brush calligraphy in East Asia.
