register / record book
N1- Onyomi
- ボ
- Stroke count
- 19
- JLPT
- N1
Onyomi are readings often used in compound words. Kunyomi are native Japanese readings. Learn each reading with an example word.
Memory tip
Picture a document marked with an official stamp: that is what 簿 means — register / record book. Now find the part that anchors it in the character itself, 竹 (bamboo) — two bamboo stalks with their leaves, and beside it 溥 (spread thin) — water spread so thin it barely covers the ground beneath it. Drop that part into the picture and the shape stops being something separate to memorise.
Stroke Order
Stroke count: 19
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19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 19 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
簿記
boki
bookkeeping
帳簿を使います
choubootsukaimasu
to use the account books
簿記が大切です
bokigataisetsudesu
bookkeeping is important
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
Example sentences (4)
帳簿を正確に付けています。
ちょうぼ を せいかく に つけています。
choubo o seikaku ni tsuketeimasu.
I keep the account books accurately.
帳簿と実際の在庫が合わない場合は、すぐに原因を調べます。
ちょうぼ と じっさい の ざいこ が あわない ばあい は、すぐ に げんいん を しらべます。
choubo to jissai no zaiko ga awanai baai wa, sugu ni gen'in o shirabemasu.
If the books and the actual stock do not match, we investigate the cause at once.
簿記の資格を取りました。
ぼき の しかく を とりました。
boki no shikaku o torimashita.
I got a bookkeeping qualification.
簿記の知識があると、経営の数字が読めるようになります。
ぼき の ちしき が ある と、けいえい の すうじ が よめる よう に なります。
boki no chishiki ga aru to, keiei no suuji ga yomeru you ni narimasu.
With some knowledge of bookkeeping, you become able to read the management figures.