JLPT N4 · More verbs

転ぶ

ころぶ

to fall over

Stroke order of 転ぶ

2 characters, 17 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

転 · 11 strokesぶ · 6 strokes

Memory trick

The vehicle 車 hits a cloud 云 of dust and you fall over.

Parts: 車 vehicle + 云 cloud

The characters in 転ぶ

ぶぶ — bu (6 strokes)

Example sentence

雪の道で転びました。

ゆきのみちでころびました。

I fell over on the snowy road.

Words with 転

運転driving 自転車bicycle 転勤job transfer 転職job change 運転手driver 転がるto roll

More words: More verbs

思うto think 考えるto think about; to consider 知るto know 知らせるto inform 動くto move 集まるto gather 歌うto sing 通うto commute; to attend 使うto use 作るto make 送るto send 着くto arrive 切るto cut 別れるto part; to break up 足りるto be enough 建てるto build

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