JLPT N4 · Around town

美容院

びよういん

beauty salon

Stroke order of 美容院

3 characters, 29 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

美 · 9 strokes容 · 10 strokes院 · 10 strokes

Memory trick

Beautiful (美) appearance (容) under a building's roof (院): a beauty salon.

Parts: 美 beautiful + 容 appearance + 院 institution

Example sentence

美容院で髪を切りました。

びよういんでかみをきりました。

I got my hair cut at the beauty salon.

Words with 美

美術館art museum 美術fine arts 美しいbeautiful

Words with 容

容器container 容量capacity 容疑者suspect 容易easy; simple 内容content

Words with 院

病院hospital 入院hospitalization 退院leaving hospital 大学院graduate school

More words: Around town

神社shrine お寺temple 教会church 郊外suburbs 辺りvicinity; around 駐車場parking lot 床屋barber 売店kiosk; stand 歩道sidewalk 県prefecture 村village

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