JLPT N5 · Kana adjectives & expressions

きれい

pretty; clean

Stroke order of きれい

3 characters, 8 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

き · 4 strokes れ · 2 strokes い · 2 strokes

Memory trick

KIREI — 'key ray' pretty

Parts: Na-adjective

The characters in きれい

きき — ki (4 strokes)
れれ — re (2 strokes)
いい — i (2 strokes)

Example sentence

花がきれいです。

はながきれいです。

The flowers are pretty.

More words: Kana adjectives & expressions

いいgood いろいろvarious だめno good; not allowed けっこうfine; enough; quite おいしいdelicious かわいいcute つまらないboring うるさいnoisy; annoying まずいbad-tasting すてきlovely; wonderful ほしいwant ちいさなsmall; little おおきなbig へたunskillful; bad at

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