JLPT N4 · Getting around

新幹線

しんかんせん

bullet train

Stroke order of 新幹線

3 characters, 41 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

新 · 13 strokes幹 · 13 strokes 線 · 15 strokes

Memory trick

A new (新) trunk (幹) line (線): the fast main railway.

Parts: 新 new + 幹 trunk + 線 line

The characters in 新幹線

幹みき — trunk (13 strokes)
線せん — line; track (15 strokes)

Example sentence

新幹線で大阪へ行きます。

しんかんせんでおおさかへいきます。

I go to Osaka by bullet train.

Words with 新

新しいnew 新聞newspaper 新品brand-new item 新製品new product 新鮮fresh 新聞社newspaper company 新婚newlywed 新たnew; fresh

Words with 幹

Words with 線

線line; track 路線route; line 直線straight line 曲線curve

More words: Getting around

運ぶto carry 飛行場airfield; airport 駐車parking 停留所bus stop 見送るto see off 旅journey 海外overseas 帰国returning to one's country 通るto pass through 地下underground 線line; track

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