Kanji · JLPT N5 · Level 6
書 write
- Meaning
- write
- On reading
- ショ
- Kun reading
- か(く)
Memory hook
A brush held over 曰 (to say): a brush putting speech down on paper. ショ in compounds, か(く) on its own.
Words that use 書
書く
かく
to write
辞書
じしょ
dictionary
How to write 書
Stroke order · 10 strokes
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
- 1. Horizontal, then turn down.
- 2 to 5. Horizontal.
- 6 to 7. Vertical.
- 8. Horizontal, then turn down.
- 9 to 10. Horizontal.
Stroke data from KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
General rules
- Top to bottom, left to right.
- Horizontal strokes before crossing vertical ones (十 = horizontal, then vertical).
- Outside before inside - but close a box last (口).
- A vertical that passes all the way through comes last (中).
- Left-falling diagonal before right-falling (大).
書 is taught on day 25 of the kanji course, alongside 聞 読 話, with two writing passes and a short quiz.