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JLPT N3 · Mimetic words: sounds

どすん

thud

Stroke order of どすん

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

ど · 4 strokesす · 2 strokesん · 1 strokes

Memory trick

DOSUN — 'dozen' bricks fall with a heavy thud.

Parts: Onomatopoeia for a heavy thud.

The characters in どすん

  • ど ど — do (4 strokes)
  • す す — su (2 strokes)
  • ん ん — n (the only lone consonant) (1 strokes)

Example sentence

重い荷物をどすんと置いた。

おもいにもつをどすんとおいた。

I plopped the heavy luggage down with a thud.

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