How to write 日本

JapaneseにほんJapan2 characters · 9 strokes

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日本 (にほん) means “Japan”. It is written with 2 characters and 9 strokes: 日 (ひ, sun, day) and 本 (ほん, book).

Write the characters left to right. Within each, the red stroke is the next one and the dot shows where it starts.

1. 日 ひ · sun, day · 4 strokes

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2. 本 ほん · book · 5 strokes

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