JLPT N3 · Calendar
元日
がんじつ
New Year's Day
Stroke order of 元日
2 characters, 8 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.
元 · 4 strokes日 · 4 strokes
Memory trick
A person's head 元 is the origin, and 日 the sun rises on the first morning of the year.
Parts: 元 origin + 日 day
The characters in 元日
- 日 ひ — day; sun (4 strokes)
Example sentence
元日にお雑煮を食べます。
がんじつにおぞうにをたべます。
I eat ozoni soup on New Year's Day.
Words with 元
Words with 日
日本人Japanese person日day; sun今日today明日tomorrow毎日every day月曜日Monday火曜日Tuesday水曜日Wednesday木曜日Thursday金曜日Friday土曜日Saturday日曜日Sunday一日1st (of the month)二日2nd (of the month); two days三日3rd (of the month); three days四日4th (of the month); four days五日5th (of the month); five days六日6th (of the month); six days