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JLPT N5 · At home

お手洗い

おてあらい

restroom

Stroke order of お手洗い

4 characters, 18 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

お · 3 strokes手 · 4 strokes洗 · 9 strokesい · 2 strokes

Memory trick

手 is a hand and 洗 is water 氵 before 先: where you wash hands, the restroom.

Parts: お + 手 hand + 洗 wash + い

The characters in お手洗い

  • お お — o (3 strokes)
  • 手 て — hand (4 strokes)
  • い い — i (2 strokes)

Example sentence

お手洗いはどこですか。

おてあらいはどこですか。

Where is the restroom?

Words with 手

手hand手袋gloves切手stamp手伝うto help歌手singer手紙letter相手partner; other party上手skilful; good at下手unskilful; bad at苦手poor at; weak point手続きprocedure手術surgery; operation手数料fee; commission運転手driver手頃reasonable; handy手荷物hand luggage手首wrist手当てmedical care; treatment

Words with 洗

洗うto wash皿洗いwashing dishes洗剤detergent洗濯機washing machine洗濯laundry; washing

More words: At home

玄関entrance; front doorお風呂bath窓window戸door門gate押し入れcloset電灯electric light灰皿ashtray花瓶vase石鹸soap壁wall屋根roof

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