JLPT N3 · Love

告白

こくはく

confession (of love)

Stroke order of 告白

2 characters, 12 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

告 · 7 strokes白 · 5 strokes

Memory trick

Telling (告) something white (白), meaning plain and open: confession.

Parts: 告 tell + 白 white/clear

Example sentence

彼女に告白した。

かのじょにこくはくした。

I confessed my feelings to her.

Words with 告

報告report 広告advertisement 報告書report

Words with 白

白いwhite 面白いinteresting; funny

More words: Love

恋愛romance; love 恋love 片思いunrequited love 初恋first love 交際dating; association 付き合うto go out with; to associate 失恋broken heart 振るto dump; to wave 浮気cheating; affair 見合いarranged marriage meeting 独身single; unmarried 既婚married 新婚newlywed

Learn to write it by hand

Bloomko is a free Android app: write characters stroke by stroke, practise with spaced repetition and get an AI tutor that works offline. Be the first to know when it launches.