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JLPT N5 · Greetings & phrases

こんにちは

hello; good afternoon

Stroke order of こんにちは

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

こ · 2 strokesん · 1 strokesに · 3 strokesち · 2 strokesは · 3 strokes

Memory trick

KON-NEE-chee-wa — 'con-neat-cheer-wah', a cheerful hello in the afternoon

Parts: Greeting used from late morning to evening; written は but read 'wa'

The characters in こんにちは

  • こ こ — ko (2 strokes)
  • ん ん — n (the only lone consonant) (1 strokes)
  • に に — ni (3 strokes)
  • ち ち — chi (2 strokes)
  • は は — ha (3 strokes)

Example sentence

こんにちは、田中さん。

こんにちは、たなかさん。

Hello, Mr. Tanaka.

More words: Greetings & phrases

こんばんはgood eveningおはようgood morning (casual)おはようございますgood morning (polite)さようならgoodbyeおやすみなさいgood nightありがとうthank youありがとうございますthank you (polite)どうもthanks; hiすみませんexcuse me; sorryごめんなさいI'm sorryいただきますlet's eat (before meals)ごちそうさまでしたthanks for the mealはじめましてnice to meet youどうぞよろしくpleased to meet youおねがいしますplease (requesting)

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