JLPT N5 · Adverbs of time

さっき

a little while ago

Stroke order of さっき

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

さ · 3 strokesっ · 1 strokesき · 4 strokes

Memory trick

SAKKI — 'sock key': a moment ago I lost my sock key

Parts: A short while ago

The characters in さっき

ささ — sa (3 strokes)
きき — ki (4 strokes)

Example sentence

さっき電話がありました。

さっきでんわがありました。

There was a phone call a while ago.

More words: Adverbs of time

もうalready; anymore まだstill; not yet すぐsoon; right away いつもalways ときどきsometimes たいていusually またagain はじめてfor the first time あとでlater いまnow これからfrom now on やっとat last; finally だんだんgradually ゆっくりslowly; leisurely

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