The kanji 書: meaning, readings and stroke order

書

Meaning: write, book
On reading: ショ sho
Kun reading: か（く） kaku
Strokes: 10
Radical: 曰 say
Level: Level 2 · grade 2

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: viết, sách (thư)
Japanese: かく。ほん。
Korean: 쓰다, 책 (서)
Chinese: 写、书 (书)

Readings, words and example sentences

ショ sho · on reading

図と書しょ室しつ
school library
図と書しょ室しつで本を読みます。
I read books in the library.

か（く） kaku · kun reading

書かく
to write
毎日日記を 書かきます。
I write in my diary every day.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.