Fat or Thick

by Nao

futo-i, futo, buto, ta

The adjective futo-i means fat or thick. If you have a big arm, we call it “futoi ude.”  Ude means arm. A fat person is described as futotteiru. Futoru means “to gain weight.” The noun futosa means boldness.

The rest of the readings are used in compounds. For example, futoji is a bold character or a bold face. Honebuto is big-boned. Hone means bone. Tachi is a long sword.

1. Draw the horizontal line from the left to the right.
2. Draw the sweeping stroke from the top to the lower left corner of the character. Make it narrower gradually.
3. Draw the sweeping stroke from where the previous strokes intersect to the lower right corner. Make it broader in the end.
4. Draw the dot between the two sweeping strokes.

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