JLPT N4 · Kana nouns & verbs

けんか

quarrel; fight

Stroke order of けんか

3 characters, 7 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

け · 3 strokes ん · 1 strokes か · 3 strokes

Memory trick

KENKA — 'Ken, car!' Ken and his car are fighting over a parking spot.

Parts: noun; with する

The characters in けんか

けけ — ke (3 strokes)
んん — n (the only lone consonant) (1 strokes)
かか — ka (3 strokes)

Example sentence

兄とけんかしました。

あにとけんかしました。

I had a fight with my brother.

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