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書く

かく

to write

Mnemonic

Michio Kaku かく writes the whole letter out by hand, every character of it, and then has to go and post it: かく.

Worth knowing

描く かく is the same sound for drawing a picture. Writing is 書く.

Built from

write
聿 a hand gripping a brush, sat down on the thing it marks.

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