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JLPT N4 kanji · Chapter 10

古 kanji: meaning, readings and stroke order

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On: コko
Kun: ふるいfurui ふるすfurusu ふるfuru いにしえinishie

Onreadings from Chinese, in katakanaKunJapanese readings, in hiraganaOn’yomi vs Kun’yomi

古5 strokes

How to write 古: stroke order

古 has 5 strokes. Each step adds the next stroke in red, with a dot where it starts. Tap the large character above to watch it written again.

古 stroke order diagram with numbered strokes — The stroke order of 古 in one diagram: each number marks where its stroke starts.

Kanji stroke order: The 10 rules, with animated examples

Stroke order data: KanjiVG by Ulrich Apel and contributors (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Parts of 古

The parts 古 is built from, each highlighted where it sits. Parts that are kanji themselves link to their own page.

十
ten
口
mouth; opening
Radical

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JLPT N4 kanji · Chapter 10

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