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JLPT N5 · Colors, taste & touch

甘い

あまい

sweet

Stroke order of 甘い

2 characters, 7 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

甘 · 5 strokesい · 2 strokes

Memory trick

A mouth (口) with a stroke inside: something held sweet in the mouth.

Parts: 甘 sweet (single kanji) + い

The characters in 甘い

  • い い — i (2 strokes)

Example sentence

このケーキは甘いです。

このけーきはあまいです。

This cake is sweet.

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