How many strokes does 日本 have?

日本 is written with 9 strokes in total: 日 (4 strokes), 本 (5 strokes).

Chinese Vocabulary

日本

Japan

日本

Rìběn4th tone

Pinyin: Rìběn
Strokes: 9
In episodes: 1

Stroke order for 日本

日本 is written with 9 strokes (日: 4, 本: 5). The animation replays automatically.

Usage

他在美国，可是他不是美国人 — the setup line before the name of the country.

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日本 appears in 1 Fluentide podcast episode at natural native speed. Each sentence plays at the easiest difficulty it exists in — switch it to hear the same moment at your level, with full pinyin and English throughout.

他是日本人。

He is Japanese.

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