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JLPT N5 · At home

壁

かべ

wall

Stroke order of 壁

壁 is written with 16 strokes. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

Memory trick

壁 has a corpse-like 尸 over a mouth 口 and bitter 辛 earth 土: a solid wall.

Parts: 辟 (phonetic) + 土 earth

Example sentence

壁に絵がかかっています。

かべにえがかかっています。

A picture is hanging on the wall.

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