What is Kanji and how to accomplish name translations

[ryuurui]

Originally Posted by Tural

Hi people, i've started to lern japan language , so i need help from you. I wont to know how i can write kanji myself, i mean have there any rules ,which by them you can understand how makeing kanji?

Yes they do. One of them is proper stroke order. Another is that some characters may look different in handwritten form. I suggest you read my articles on that.

Importance of the stroke order in writing Chinese characters. | Beyond Calligraphy

Hand-written Chinese characters vs. computer font. | Beyond Calligraphy

Lastly there is a structure, balance, etc. issues, but that comes with time.

[JohnBraden]

Originally Posted by jackcb91

I have a Japanese friend who is very close to me and I want to show her how much she means to me. I am working with a designer to create a poster with both our names written in Kanji

I am not on good terms with her at the moment and she doesn't want to talk to me so finding that information is impossible.

Is it prudent to create such a poster? If you're not on speaking terms, you think making a poster with both your names is going to bring her closer to you? It sounds a bit creepy and too involved. I'm not judging here, just seeing this from outside the box, and perhaps with much fewer details than required. It's just that I've seen things like this happen in the past and most haven't ended up well....

[Tural]

Originally Posted by ryuurui

Yes they do. One of them is proper stroke order. Another is that some characters may look different in handwritten form. I suggest you read my articles on that.

Importance of the stroke order in writing Chinese characters. | Beyond Calligraphy

Hand-written Chinese characters vs. computer font. | Beyond Calligraphy

Lastly there is a structure, balance, etc. issues, but that comes with time.

Thanks for reply, i want to know that , for example i do not want to learn all kanji couse of their difficultness, so i want to learn only hiraganas or kataganas and by them write kanji.s,.
is that possible?=)

[ryuurui]

Originally Posted by Tural

Thanks for reply, i want to know that , for example i do not want to learn all kanji couse of their difficultness, so i want to learn only hiraganas or kataganas and by them write kanji.s,.
is that possible?=)

Both hiragana and katakana are BASED on kanji, in this way or another, and not the other way around. So the answer to your question is - no. You have to learn all 37 strokes of regular script, or at least the 8 strokes of the character 永.