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JLPT N5 · Counting things (kana)

はたち

20 years old

Stroke order of はたち

3 characters, 9 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

は · 3 strokesた · 4 strokesち · 2 strokes

Memory trick

HATACHI — 'hat-a-chee': at twenty you get a hat for coming of age.

Parts: Irregular; only for age 20, the coming-of-age year

The characters in はたち

  • は は — ha (3 strokes)
  • た た — ta (4 strokes)
  • ち ち — chi (2 strokes)

Example sentence

弟は来年はたちです。

おとうとはらいねんはたちです。

My younger brother turns twenty next year.

More words: Counting things (kana)

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