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Hey there Steemians,
 
I've been busy the last two days so today, I'm gonna make two post about kanji tutorials today.

Anyways, the kanji for numbers 7 to 10 have only two strokes so it's easier. All four of them, really.

## Kanji for number 7

* I always start with a guide drawn with a pencil. As you can see the lines are still visible. So to start, a line was drawn across the paper from left to right. This is the first stroke. 

![IMG_20180214_180325.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmP5MHV6qbAzdaHgeqf4rxFtZVkDKp3Xk8N8XFMYgw5USg/IMG_20180214_180325.jpg)

* As for the second stroke, I started at the top going downwards and shifting a horizontally to create a curve.

![IMG_20180214_180421.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmPZNR11hhmfG6KaFgySAj8vsoijdSpCL5YfWppBr3aba8/IMG_20180214_180421.jpg)

<center>**Meaning:** Seven
**Onyomi:** Shichi
**Kunyom:** Nana / Nano</center>

**TRIVIA:**  It is a 7 inverted as you can see in the figure below.
<center>![seven.JPG](https://steemitimages.com/DQmZqw6mcjeMgcohPmndT17fF3NJjwkKw2hSzMFxr835PrK/seven.JPG)</center>

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## Kanji for number 8

* So the kanji for number 8 has two strokes too. Firstly, I draw a line from top right to bottom left (tategaki style). I don't know what technique was used to make the tip thinner than the top but in my case, I just raise the brush a little bit and apply less pressure.

![IMG_20180214_180450.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmauxwRi6CHURJwvbhf1zTBw7ZeKG9Tei5K8BAnQQM4FQR/IMG_20180214_180450.jpg)

* Secondly, the last stroke was made by drawing a curvy line from top left to bottom right with a thinner top.

![IMG_20180214_180559.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmXA9MP8Zw6XfZFfr3GoX9xc2yHPEXR1ebTZPASdYv2X6C/IMG_20180214_180559.jpg)

<center>**Meaning:** Eight
**Onyomi:** Hachi
**Kunyom:** Yat / Ya / You</center>

**TRIVIA:** When following the simple shape (shown below) of the number 8 you get 八
<center>![eig.JPG](https://steemitimages.com/DQmYuXSzsXhcEMeq6fx9J63wbYN2vq2YnfbKq6uLPcmwwH5/eig.JPG)</center>

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By the way, I got all the trivias from Nihongo Ichiban.

'Til next time,
**tina**