notebook / ledger
N2- Onyomi
- チョウ
- Stroke count
- 11
- JLPT
- N2
Onyomi are readings often used in compound words. Kunyomi are native Japanese readings. Learn each reading with an example word.
Memory tip
Break 帳 down and you get 巾 (cloth) — a cloth hanging down from its rail, and beside it 長 (long / chief) — hair grown long enough to trail. Picture a cloth hanging from its rail, put 帳 inside it, and let that scene stand for "notebook" — notebook / ledger. The odder the picture, the better it sticks.
Stroke Order
Stroke count: 11
General writing tips
These general rules have exceptions. Follow the animation and numbered frames for this character.
- •上から下へ書きます。Write from top to bottom.
- •左から右へ書きます。Write from left to right.
- •横の画を先に、縦の画を後に書きます。Write horizontal strokes before the vertical strokes that cross them.
- •外側の囲みを先に書き、中を後で書きます。Draw an outer enclosure first, then fill in what is inside.
- •中央を先に、左右を後に書きます。In symmetric shapes, write the centre before the left and right sides.
- •この漢字は11画です。下の練習エリアで順番に書いてみましょう。This kanji has 11 strokes — trace them in order in the practice area below.
Step by step
Practice Writing
Free writing practice — compare your writing with the example. This canvas does not check your shape or stroke order. Draw with a mouse, finger, or pen; scroll outside the square to move down the page.
Trace the faded character, or hide the outline to practise from memory.
Writing Tips
- Follow the order strictly: top-to-bottom and left-to-right. Correct order makes the shape balanced and natural.
- Keep each stroke in one smooth motion — don't lift the pen in the middle of a stroke.
- Close enclosing strokes cleanly so the character does not look open or broken.
- Common mistake: drawing strokes bottom-to-top or right-to-left. Even if the result looks similar, the wrong order shows in handwriting and makes it harder to read.
Example words
帳簿
choubo
account books
帳簿を使います
choubootsukaimasu
to use the account books
帳簿を買います
choubookaimasu
to buy the account books
帳簿があります
choubogaarimasu
there is a account books
帳簿を確認します
choubookakuninshimasu
to check the account books
Example sentences (2)
来週の予定を手帳に書いておきました。
らいしゅう の よてい を てちょう に かいて おきました。
raishuu no yotei o techou ni kaite okimashita.
I wrote next week’s schedule in my notebook.
通帳を持って銀行へ行きました。
つうちょう を もって ぎんこう へ いきました。
tsuuchou o motte ginkou e ikimashita.
I took my bankbook to the bank.