JLPT N5 · Like this & that

こんな

this kind of

Stroke order of こんな

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

こ · 2 strokes ん · 1 strokes な · 4 strokes

Memory trick

KONNA — 'con-na': 'can a' thing like this?

Parts: This kind of ~; before nouns

The characters in こんな

ここ — ko (2 strokes)
んん — n (the only lone consonant) (1 strokes)
なな — na (4 strokes)

Example sentence

こんな天気は初めてです。

こんなてんきははじめてです。

This is my first time seeing weather like this.

More words: Like this & that

こうlike this; this way ああlike that; ah そんなthat kind of あんなthat kind of (over there)こんなにthis much; so そんなにthat much; not so どうやってhow; by what means どのくらいhow long; how much どれぐらいabout how much なにかsomething だれかsomeone どこかsomewhere いつかsomeday; sometime なにもnothing (with negative)

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