BloomkoJLPT N5 · Food & drink
醤油
しょうゆ
soy sauce
Stroke order of 醤油
2 characters, 25 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.
醤 · 17 strokes油 · 8 strokes
Memory trick
Wine jar (酉) with a bean-like (将) mix, plus oil (油): fermented sauce.
Parts: 醤 sauce + 油 oil
The characters in 醤油
- 油 あぶら — oil (8 strokes)
Example sentence
さしみに醤油をかけます。
さしみにしょうゆをかけます。
I put soy sauce on sashimi.