Bloomko
JLPT N3 · Daily situations

昔話

むかしばなし

old tale; folk tale

Stroke order of 昔話

2 characters, 21 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

昔 · 8 strokes話 · 13 strokes

Memory trick

Talk 話 of days 日 long ago 昔 piled up like layers—an old tale.

Parts: 昔 long ago (龷 + 日) + 話 talk (言 words + 舌 tongue)

The characters in 昔話

  • 話 はなし — talk; story (13 strokes)

Example sentence

祖母はよく昔話をしてくれました。

そぼはよくむかしばなしをしてくれました。

My grandmother often told me old tales.

Words with 話

More words: Daily situations

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.