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習字 (しゅうじ, shuuji) Japanese meaning: penmanship | Kotomora
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じゅ
業ぎょう
が
好す
き
だっ
た
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When I was in elementary school, I liked calligraphy class.
She is very good at calligraphy.
Usage patterns 〈 人ひと 〉 が 習しゅう 字じ を 習なら う for someone to learn/practice calligraphy
My daughter is learning calligraphy from a teacher in the neighborhood.
習しゅう 字じ 教きょう 室しつ に 通かよ う to attend a calligraphy class
When I was in elementary school, I went to calligraphy class every week.
習しゅう 字じ の 稽けい 古こ をする to practice calligraphy
I practice calligraphy a little bit every day.
Related words 書道 is the broader lifelong art of calligraphy, while 習字 usually refers to the school subject or basic practice of writing characters neatly.
書き方 is an older, now less common term for the same school practice of writing characters that 習字 refers to today.
Etymology Compound of 習 (learn, practice) and 字 (character, letter). The word straightforwardly means 'learning characters'.