Memory phrase for the character: 書

書

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Meaning

write

Pronunciation

SHO
kaku

Explanation

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

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

Radicals

日 day, sunThe radical nichi stands for sun and was originally a circle with an middle point.
handSeveral 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




 Vocabulary

書く かく  to write
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
辞書 じしょ  dictionary, lexicon

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