書

write

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

ショ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

-が.き-がきか.く

Nanori (名乗り)

かき

Stroke Order

10 / 10

Information

Grade:2

Strokes:10

JLPT:N5

Frequency:169

Vocabulary

ショ

Word	Reading	Meaning
遺書	イショ	note left by a dead person; suicide note; testamentary letter; will; testament; posthumous work
願書	ガンショ	(written) application; written request; petition; written prayer for a shrine or Buddhist temple
教科書	キョウカショ	textbook; coursebook; schoolbook
教書	キョウショ	message (delivered by the US president or a state governor); address; (papal) bull; decree; textbook
原書	ゲンショ	original document (not a copy or adaptation); book in its original language (esp. a European language)

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
横書き	よこがき	writing horizontally; horizontal writing
下書き	したがき	draft; rough copy
教料書	きょうかしょ	textbook; coursebook; schoolbook
筋書き	すじがき	synopsis; outline; plot
後書き	あとがき	afterword; postscript

Visually Similar Kanji

These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes

springtime, spring (season)

someone, person

once upon a time, antiquity, old times

various, many, several, together

don, arrive, wear, counter for suits of clothing

exchange, spare, substitute, per-

set aside, give up, suspend, discontinue, lay aside, except

sketch, compose, write, draw, paint