How to write 今日

Japaneseきょうtoday2 characters · 8 strokes

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今日 (きょう) means “today”. It is written with 2 characters and 8 strokes: 今 and 日 (ひ, sun, day).

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

1. 今 4 strokes

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2. 日 ひ · sun, day · 4 strokes

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