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JLPT N4 · Hobbies & things

手紙

てがみ

letter

Stroke order of 手紙

2 characters, 14 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

手 · 4 strokes紙 · 10 strokes

Memory trick

Paper (紙) made of threads (糸) written by hand (手) becomes a letter.

Parts: 手 hand + 紙 paper (糸 thread + 氏 clan)

The characters in 手紙

  • 手 て — hand (4 strokes)
  • 紙 かみ — paper (10 strokes)

Example sentence

祖母に手紙を書きました。

そぼにてがみをかきました。

I wrote a letter to my grandmother.

Words with 手

手hand手袋glovesお手洗いrestroom切手stamp手伝うto help歌手singer相手partner; other party上手skilful; good at下手unskilful; bad at苦手poor at; weak point手続きprocedure手術surgery; operation手数料fee; commission運転手driver手頃reasonable; handy手荷物hand luggage手首wrist手当てmedical care; treatment

Words with 紙

紙paper用紙form; paper紙幣paper money表紙cover

More words: Hobbies & things

音楽music歌song歌手singer映画film; movie画家painter試合match; game運動exercise; sport小説novel新聞newspaper洋服clothes; Western clothes着物kimono時計clock; watch部屋room台stand; counter for machines物thing

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