えいじはつぱふ

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of えいじはつぱふ – see the following entry.

【永字八法えいじはっぽう】 [noun] (calligraphy) the Eight Principles of Yǒng [noun] 側 (soku) or 点 (ten, literally “point”), the first [noun] 勒 (roku), the second [noun] 努 (do), the third [noun] 趯 (teki) or 跳ね (hane, literally “jump”), the fourth [noun] 策 (saku), the fifth [noun] 掠 (ryaku) or 左払い (hidari harai, literally “left sweep”), the sixth [noun] 啄 (taku), the seventh [noun] 磔 (taku), 捺 (natsu), or 右払い (migi harai, literally “right sweep”), the eighth

(This term, えいじはつぱふ, is a historical kana spelling of the above term.)