JLPT N5 · At school

大学

だいがく

university

Stroke order of 大学

2 characters, 11 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

大 · 3 strokes学 · 8 strokes

Memory trick

大 is a person with arms spread, and 学 is a child 子 under a roof learning.

Parts: 大 big + 学 study

Example sentence

大学で日本語を勉強します。

だいがくでにほんごをべんきょうします。

I study Japanese at university.

Words with 大

大きいbig 大人adult 大学生university student 大事important 大好きloved; very fond of 大嫌いhated 大丈夫all right; OK 大変tough; very 大使館embassy 大雨heavy rain 大雪heavy snow 大勢many people; crowd 大学院graduate school 大地the earth; ground 大家landlord 大陸continent 大根daikon radish 大切important; precious

Words with 学

学生student 学校school 大学生university student 留学生international student 小学生elementary school student 中学生junior high school student 小学校elementary school 中学校junior high school 留学studying abroad 学ぶto learn; to study 入学entering a school 文学literature 大学院graduate school 数学mathematics 通学commuting to school 科学science 学期school term 学年school year

More words: At school

小学校elementary school 中学校junior high school 留学studying abroad 教科書textbook 黒板blackboard 鉛筆pencil 机desk 紙paper 本棚bookshelf 外国語foreign language 中国語Chinese (language)片仮名katakana 平仮名hiragana

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