Another way people used to write japanese was kuzushiji (崩し字 ), which was basically cursive characters. like hentaigana, kuzushiji looks like what my handwriting would look like if i lost all motor control, but kuzushiji includes more than just hiragana – kanji gets thrown into the mix too.. Good thing for us students of japanese, cursive handwriting tends to follow standardized forms (i.e., there are acceptable and unacceptable ways of sloppifying your characters). once you start to learn the more common patterns, reading handwriting isn't nearly as hard as it might seem at first.. 1. not necessarily, but native japanese learn to write in semi-cursive first and learn to read and write cursive to some extent. japanese hiragana and kanji is based on the cursive style. it is only recently with the introduction of word processing and proliferation of printed japanese, that people are slowly losing touch with cursive writing..
I guess that you want to learn everyday chinese cursive for the purpose of taking notes or just scribbling random stuff (as opposed to learning the cursive script, which is a distinct calligraphy style). in my experience, i didn't undergo special training to learn to write cursive.. And when i found a japanese teacher to teach me kana-based calligraphy (which has its own unique cursive style), i also found someone who's a great conversation partner-- she teaches in japanese, so i work on 2 skills at the same time.. New to japanese? new to the sub? read the wiki! to submit a translation request, visit here instead. welcome to /r/learnjapanese, the hub on reddit for learners of the japanese language.. rules 1. if you are new to learning japanese, read the starter's guide.check to see if your question has been addressed before posting by searching or reading the wiki..
