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On: しょKun: かく、がき

Memory Aid

The kanji 書 depicts a **brush** (聿, the top part) and something being **recorded** (曰, the bottom part, suggesting 'to say' or a flat surface). It clearly represents the act of "writing".

'Sho' — You 'SHOW' your beautiful **writing** in a **book**.

Vocabulary

書くかくto write
辞書じしょdictionary
教科書きょうかしょtextbook
図書館としょかんlibrary
書道しょどうcalligraphy

Example Sentences

毎日、日本語の単語をノートに書きます。

Every day, I write Japanese vocabulary in my notebook.

この本は山田先生が書きました。

Mr. Yamada wrote this book.

あの大きい建物は図書館です。

That large building is a library.

私の机の上に辞書があります。

There is a dictionary on my desk.

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