Memory phrase for the Kanji: 書


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Meaning

write

Pronunciation

SHO
kaku

Explanation

A hand ナ/ヨ with a painting brush (cf.筆) writes two lines = on a paper

Mnemonic

With a brush in my hand on the paper: That's how I write.

Radicals

day, sunThe radical nichi stands for sun and was originally a circle with an middle point.
handSeveral characters are used for hand: ,ナ, , ,ヨ,
brush
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Vocabulary

 書く  かく  to write
 辞書  じしょ  dictionary, lexicon
 図書館  としょかん  library
 読書  どくしょ  reading
 説明書  せつめいしょ  printed instructions
 葉書  はがき  postcard
 投書  とうしょ  letter to the editor, letter from a reader, contribution
 書留  かきとめ  registered mail, writing down, making a note of
 教科書  きょうかしょ  text book


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