Meaning

Primary

To Write

Word Type

transitive verb, godan verb

Explanation

This word consists of kanji with hiragana attached. Because the hiragana ends with an sound, you know this word is a verb. The kanji itself means write so the verb version means to write.

Reading

かく
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

Since this word consists of a kanji with hiragana attached, you can bet that it will use the kun'yomi reading. You didn't learn that reading with this kanji, so here's a mnemonic to help you:

Your favorite place to write is in the car (). There's just something about the hum of the engine and the subtle vibration of the road that really makes the words flow from your pen. Just make sure someone else is driving the car, unless you want to end up as one of those posthumously famous writers.

Context

Common Word Combinations

  • 記事を書く

    to write an article

    文章を書く

    to write a sentence, to write a composition

    お金の事を書く

    to write about money

Context Sentences

ブログに書くこと考えなきゃ!

I need to think of what to blog about!

せっかく書いたメモがどこかに行ってしまった。

The notes I had written down went somewhere.

コウイチは、お世辞にも字を書くのが上手だとは言えません。

Koichi's handwriting is far from being good.

Kanji Composition