warehouse
N2- Onyomi
- コ
- Stroke count
- 10
- 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 庫 down and you get 广 (building / lean-to) — a roof with one open side, built against a wall, and beside it 車 (vehicle / wheel) — a cart seen from above, axle through the middle. Picture a building topped with a flat railed terrace, put 庫 inside it, and let that scene stand for "warehouse" — warehouse. The odder the picture, the better it sticks.
Stroke Order
Stroke count: 10
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10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 10 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
在庫
zaiko
inventory
倉庫
souko
warehouse
出庫
shukko
warehouse dispatch
出庫する
shukkosuru
to do warehouse dispatch
出庫した
shukkoshita
plain past: did warehouse dispatch
出庫中です
shukkochuudesu
in the middle of warehouse dispatch
Example sentences (6)
この商品は在庫が残りわずかです。
この しょうひん は ざいこ が のこり わずか です。
kono shouhin wa zaiko ga nokori wazuka desu.
There is only a little stock left of this product.
在庫を抱えすぎると、保管の費用がかさみます。
ざいこ を かかえ すぎる と、ほかん の ひよう が かさみます。
zaiko o kakae sugiru to, hokan no hiyou ga kasamimasu.
If you hold too much stock, storage costs pile up.
在庫は倉庫に保管されています。
ざいこ は そうこ に ほかん されています。
zaiko wa souko ni hokan sareteimasu.
The inventory is stored in the warehouse.
倉庫が駅に近いおかげで、配送が早くなりました。
そうこ が えき に ちかい おかげ で、はいそう が はやく なりました。
souko ga eki ni chikai okage de, haisou ga hayaku narimashita.
Thanks to the warehouse being near the station, delivery has become faster.
重要な書類は金庫に保管しています。
じゅうような しょるい は きんこ に ほかん しています。
juuyouna shorui wa kinko ni hokan shiteimasu.
Important documents are stored in a safe.
足りない在庫を補充しました。
たりない ざいこ を ほじゅう しました。
tarinai zaiko o hojuu shimashita.
We replenished the low stock.