Memory phrase for the Kanji: 書
書
Kanji-Trainer
Meaning
write
Pronunciation
SHO ka ku
Explanation
A hand ナ/ヨ with a painting brush 丨 (cf.筆) writes two lines = on a paper 日
Mnemonic
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With a brush in my hand on the paper: That's how I write.
Radicals
日
day, sun The radical nichi stands for sun and was originally a circle with an middle point.
hand Several characters are used for hand: ,ナ, 扌, 手,ヨ,又. The hand can be seen with the forearm on the right and the fingers on the left.
聿
brush
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Vocabulary
書く
かく
to write
3288
図書館
としょかん
library
1550
読書
どくしょ
reading
5585
説明書
せつめいしょ
printed instructions
7132
葉書
はがき
postcard
5226
投書
とうしょ
letter to the editor, letter from a reader, contribution
2807
書留
かきとめ
registered mail, writing down, making a note of
3293
教科書
きょうかしょ
text book
3056
辞書
じしょ
dictionary, lexicon
5839
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