漢字城 Kanji Fortress

式 ceremony

Also: style

On'yomi
シキ
Strokes
6
JLPT
N4
Taught in
Primary school, year 3

Stroke order

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
式 is written in 6 strokes. Each panel adds the next one; the dot marks where the brush starts.

Remember it

Two arrows (弋) and a carpenter's tool (工): the craftsman follows the fixed style, step by step, like the steps of a ceremony.

A common word

  • 式 しき ceremony

Example sentences

  • らいしゅう、ともだちのけっこんしきにいきます。

    Next week I'm going to my friend's wedding.

  • このかんじのかきかたはふるいけいしきです。

    This way of writing the kanji is an old style.

Don't confuse it with

  • 弐 ii N1

Kanji that share a part

弋 is its radical.

工 is a component. 13 kanji share it in all.