漢字城 Kanji Fortress

習 learn

Also: practice

On'yomi
シュウ
Kun'yomi
なら-う
Strokes
11
JLPT
N4
Taught in
Primary school, year 3

In the kun'yomi, the kana after a dash are written after the kanji (okurigana): なら-う.

Stroke order

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8
  9. 9
  10. 10
  11. 11
習 is written in 11 strokes. Each panel adds the next one; the dot marks where the brush starts.

Remember it

A chick flaps its wings (羽) in the white (白) daylight again and again — that's how it learns to fly.

A common word

  • 習う ならう to learn

Example sentences

  • にほんごをさんねんならっています。

    I've been learning Japanese for three years.

  • いもうとはピアノをならいたいといっています。

    My little sister says she wants to learn piano.

Kanji that share a part

羽 is its radical.

  • 扇 fan N2
  • 翌 the Following N2
  • 翁 old man N1
  • 翔 soar N1
  • 翠 green N1
  • 翼 wing N1
  • 翻 flip N1

白 is a component. 14 kanji share it in all.