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鞄

Bag
Stroke count: 14

Readings

On readingホウ
Kun readingかばん
Grade 9Level 38

Meanings

  1. bag
  2. briefcaseRtK
  3. suitcase
  1. satchel
  2. basket

Synonyms

バッグ

Radicals and components

Radical革leather
Components
How it's built
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Compound words

彼は社長の鞄持ちだ。
He is the boss's private secretary.tatoeba
彼は自動車のキーを見つけようと鞄の中を捜した。
He searched his bag for his car key.tatoeba
彼は鞄にラベルを貼った。
He attached a label to the bag.tatoeba
彼の鞄は水でいっぱいだった。
His bag was filled with water.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.

五分ほど洗面所に行って戻ってみると、ベッドの上に置いてあった、肩かけ鞄が無い。
ごふんほどせんめんしょにいってもどってみると、べっどのうえにおいてあった、かたかけかばんがない。I went to the washroom for about five minutes, and when I came back the shoulder bag I'd left on the bed was gone.

Recordings and sentences: Mozilla Common Voice, CC0

Stroke Order

14 strokes

Bag. 革 (leather) + 包 (wrap) — a leather pouch for belongings.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 鞄

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