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JLPT N3 · Mimetic words: sounds

がちゃん

clang; crash

Stroke order of がちゃん

4 characters, 11 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

が · 5 strokesち · 2 strokesゃ · 3 strokesん · 1 strokes

Memory trick

GACHAN — 'got-chan!' a dish crashes down.

Parts: Onomatopoeia for crashing or clanging metal or glass.

The characters in がちゃん

  • が が — ga (5 strokes)
  • ち ち — chi (2 strokes)
  • ん ん — n (the only lone consonant) (1 strokes)

Example sentence

皿ががちゃんと割れた。

さらががちゃんとわれた。

The plate broke with a crash.

More words: Mimetic words: sounds

がたがたrattlingぱらぱらsprinkling; flipping pagesしとしとdrizzling gentlyぽたぽたdrippingざわざわbuzzing (crowd); rustlingがやがやnoisy chatterしーんとdead silentばたんslam; bangどすんthudとんとんknock knock; tappingぐうぐうsnoring; stomach growlingばりばりcrunching; energeticallyぱちぱちclapping; crackling

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