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JLPT N5 · At school

鉛筆

えんぴつ

pencil

Stroke order of 鉛筆

2 characters, 25 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

鉛 · 13 strokes筆 · 12 strokes

Memory trick

鉛 is metal 金 plus lead-like 公; 筆 is a bamboo 竹 brush held by a hand.

Parts: 鉛 lead + 筆 writing brush

Example sentence

鉛筆で書いてください。

えんぴつでかいてください。

Please write with a pencil.

Words with 筆

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