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符

Token
Stroke count: 11

Readings

On readingフ
  1. charm
  2. talisman
  3. amulet
  4. tally
  5. sign

Popular Usage

切符

Radicals and components

Radical竹bamboo
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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bamboo (竹) · adhere · sellotape · person (人) · glue

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1076

Compound words

彼はボストン行きの往復切符を買った。
He bought a round-trip ticket to Boston.tatoeba
彼はパリまでの切符を買った。
He bought a ticket for Paris.tatoeba

Real voices: how native speakers say it

These sentences were read aloud by real people — native Japanese speakers — for the open Mozilla Common Voice project. Listen to how a phrase sounds in real speech: the intonation, the pace, the way words run together. Two speakers mean two different people read it — compare them.

電車に乗るとき、切符を買います。
でんしゃにのるとき、きっぷをかいます。When riding a train, I buy a ticket.
新幹線の切符を買った
しんかんせんのきっぷをかったI bought a bullet train ticket.
駅の入口で切符を見せます。
えきのいりぐちできっぷをみせます。I show my ticket at the station entrance.

Recordings and sentences: Mozilla Common Voice, CC0

Stroke Order

11 strokes

Sign, tally. 竹 (bamboo) + 付 (hand over) — a bamboo pass. 切符 — ticket.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 符

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step