JLPT N4 · Travel

写真

しゃしん

photo

Stroke order of 写真

2 characters, 15 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

写 · 5 strokes真 · 10 strokes

Memory trick

Copy (写) the true (真) image under a cover (冖) cloth like old cameras: a photo.

Parts: 写 copy (冖 cover + 与) + 真 true (十 + 目 eye + 一 + 八)

Example sentence

ここで写真を撮ってもいいですか？

ここでしゃしんをとってもいいですか？

May I take photos here?

Words with 写

Words with 真

真ん中middle; center 真面目serious; diligent 真っ暗pitch dark

More words: Travel

旅行trip; travel 旅館Japanese inn 運転driving 自転車bicycle 自動車car; automobile 地下鉄subway 特急limited express 急行express (train)駅員station staff 海sea 外国foreign country 東京Tokyo 京都Kyoto 世界world 地方region; the provinces

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