Meaning

Primary

Penmanship

Alternatives

Way Of Writing, Manner Of Writing

Word Type

noun

Explanation

This is the way of writing (kind of like how 見方 is the way of seeing). A better way to say this though would be to call it penmanship, though. How's your 書き方? Mine is terrible.

Reading

かきかた
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

This uses the kun'yomi readings from the vocab words 書く and . So as long as you're okay with those, you can apply that knowledge over here.

Context

Context Sentences

この漢字の書き方が思い出せません。

I can't remember how to write this kanji.

ビジネスメールの書き方を教えてください。

Could you teach me how to write business e-mails?

この書き方だと、ちょっと文の意味が分かりにくいんじゃないかな。

I think this way of writing makes it a little difficult to understand the meaning of the sentence.

Kanji Composition