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The Kanji Map

Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 2

JLPT level: N5

169 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 10

Meaning: write

Kunyomi: か.く, -が.き, -がき

Onyomi: ショ

Composition: 聿 日

書

Radical

Radical: 曰

Reading: ひ

Meaning: say

Strokes: 4

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Examples

Examples with audio

書庫(しょこ)   archive

書斎(しょさい)   study (room)

書道(しょどう)   calligraphy

辞書(じしょ)   dictionary

秘書(ひしょ)   (private) secretary

図書館(としょかん)   library

教科書(きょうかしょ)   text book

参考書(さんこうしょ)   reference book

証明書(しょうめいしょ)   certificate

書く(かく)   write

横書き(よこがき)   writing horizontally

Onyomi Examples

書 (ショ) book, document, calligraphy (esp. Chinese), penmanship, handwriting, letter, note

書院 (ショイン) drawing room, study, writing alcove, publishing house

投書 (トウショ) letter (e.g. of complaint), letter to the editor, letter from a reader, contribution (to a newspaper, magazine, etc.)

議定書 (ギテイショ) protocol

Kunyomi Examples

書く (かく) to write, to compose, to pen, to draw, to paint

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