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JLPT N5 · Things at home (katakana)

パソコン

ぱそこん

personal computer

Stroke order of パソコン

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

パ · 3 strokesソ · 2 strokesコ · 2 strokesン · 2 strokes

Memory trick

Short for 'PERSONAL COMPUTER': pa-so-kon.

Parts: Clipped from English 'personal computer'

The characters in パソコン

  • パ ぱ — pa (3 strokes)
  • ソ そ — so (2 strokes)
  • コ こ — ko (2 strokes)
  • ン ん — n (the only lone consonant) (2 strokes)

Example sentence

パソコンで宿題をします。

ぱそこんでしゅくだいをします。

I do my homework on the computer.

More words: Things at home (katakana)

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