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JLPT N5 · At school

片仮名

かたかな

katakana

Stroke order of 片仮名

3 characters, 16 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

片 · 4 strokes仮 · 6 strokes名 · 6 strokes

Memory trick

片 is half of a tree trunk, 仮 a person with temporary 反, 名 a name by night: borrowed name pieces.

Parts: 片 piece + 仮 temporary + 名 name

Example sentence

片仮名で名前を書きます。

かたかなでなまえをかきます。

I write my name in katakana.

Words with 片

Words with 仮

Words with 名

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