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書 か.く、-が.き、-がき write 5 169 10 73 ひらび・いわく 会意 Compound Ideographic Make sure you practice writing kanji with a brush every day before the sun goes down.

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ショ かき 秘書(ひしょ): (1) (private) secretary (2) treasured book; secret book文書(ぶんしょ): document; writing; letter; paperwork; note; records; archives教科書(きょうかしょ): textbook; text book書店(しょてん): bookshop; bookstore著書(ちょしょ): literary work; book書類(しょるい): documents; official papers図書館(としょかん): library読書(どくしょ): reading書道(しょどう): calligraphy書籍(しょせき): book; publication図書(としょ): books辞書(じしょ): (1) dictionary; lexicon (2) letter of resignation投書(とうしょ): letter to the editor; letter from a reader; contribution書物(しょもつ): books聖書(せいしょ): Bible; scriptures書留(かきとめ): (1) registered mail (2) registration (e.g. of mail); writing down; putting on record; recording; making a note of願書(がんしょ): written application or petition; application form書斎(しょさい): study; library; den; home office; reading room書評(しょひょう): book review原書(げんしょ): original document (not a copy or adaptation); book in its original language (esp. a European language)書き取り(かきとり): (1) writing down from other written material; writing kanji text from hiragana (2) transcription (of spoken material)下書き(したがき): rough copy; draft; draught書き取る(かきとる): to write down; to take dictation; to take notes書く(かく): (1) to write (2) to draw清書(せいしょ): clean copy葉書(はがき): (1) postcard (2) memo; note; card箇条書き(かじょうがき): itemized form; itemised form; itemization; itemisation書(しょ): (1) document; book (2) penmanship; handwriting; calligraphy (esp. Chinese) 2 聿: brush; finally; self; relate; follow; here; fast; writing brush radical (no. 129)日: day; sun; Japan; counter for days 曰 4 (none) write The calligrapher had a peculiar habit: when using her brush to write, she would stick out her tongue, just slightly.

Kanji	書
Onyomi	ショ
Kunyomi	か.く、-が.き、-がき
Nanori	かき
English	write
Examples	秘書(ひしょ): (1) (private) secretary (2) treasured book; secret book 文書(ぶんしょ): document; writing; letter; paperwork; note; records; archives 教科書(きょうかしょ): textbook; text book 書店(しょてん): bookshop; bookstore 著書(ちょしょ): literary work; book 書類(しょるい): documents; official papers 図書館(としょかん): library 読書(どくしょ): reading 書道(しょどう): calligraphy 書籍(しょせき): book; publication 図書(としょ): books 辞書(じしょ): (1) dictionary; lexicon (2) letter of resignation 投書(とうしょ): letter to the editor; letter from a reader; contribution 書物(しょもつ): books 聖書(せいしょ): Bible; scriptures 書留(かきとめ): (1) registered mail (2) registration (e.g. of mail); writing down; putting on record; recording; making a note of 願書(がんしょ): written application or petition; application form 書斎(しょさい): study; library; den; home office; reading room 書評(しょひょう): book review 原書(げんしょ): original document (not a copy or adaptation); book in its original language (esp. a European language) 書き取り(かきとり): (1) writing down from other written material; writing kanji text from hiragana (2) transcription (of spoken material) 下書き(したがき): rough copy; draft; draught 書き取る(かきとる): to write down; to take dictation; to take notes 書く(かく): (1) to write (2) to draw 清書(せいしょ): clean copy 葉書(はがき): (1) postcard (2) memo; note; card 箇条書き(かじょうがき): itemized form; itemised form; itemization; itemisation 書(しょ): (1) document; book (2) penmanship; handwriting; calligraphy (esp. Chinese)
JLPT Level	5
Jouyou Grade	2
Frequency	169
Components	聿: brush; finally; self; relate; follow; here; fast; writing brush radical (no. 129) 日: day; sun; Japan; counter for days
Number of Strokes	10
Kanji Radical	曰
Radical Number	73
Radical Strokes	4
Radical Reading	ひらび・いわく
Traditional Form	(none)
Classification	会意 Compound Ideographic
Keyword	write
Koohii Story 1	Make sure you practice writing kanji with a brush every day before the sun goes down.
Koohii Story 2	The calligrapher had a peculiar habit: when using her brush to write, she would stick out her tongue, just slightly.

Book Writing Write Letter Brush Document Note Text