Behold the Beauty of Kanji

Here is the character for "house." It is basically the symbol for a pig, under a roof. Do not these beautiful forms, in all their diversity, stir something within you? They sure do me. I do believe I am going to take up 習字 (shūji.) In case you didn't know, the first character of this word is the word for "learn" and the second is for "letter." Any one of my students worth their salt has already learned the verb 習う, meaning "to learn," whose onyomi (Chinese reading) is "shū."