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:

Radical

Radical:

Reading:

Meaning: say

Strokes: 4

Examples

Examples with audio

庫(しょこ)   archive

斎(しょさい)   study (room)

道(しょどう)   calligraphy

(じしょ)   dictionary

(ひしょ)   (private) secretary

館(としょかん)   library

教科(きょうかしょ)   text book

参考(さんこうしょ)   reference book

証明(しょうめいしょ)   certificate

く(かく)   write

き(よこがき)   writing horizontally

Onyomi Examples

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

ショイン drawing room, study, writing alcove, publishing house

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 ギテイショ protocol

Kunyomi Examples

かく to write, to compose, to pen, to draw, to paint