sue / appeal
N1- Onyomi
- ソ
- Kunyomi
- うった(える)
- Stroke count
- 12
- JLPT
- N1
Onyomi are readings often used in compound words. Kunyomi are native Japanese readings. Learn each reading with an example word.
Memory tip
Break 訴 down and you get 言 (speech / words) — words rising out of an open mouth. Picture a speech bubble with the character spoken inside it, put 訴 inside it, and let that scene stand for "sue" — sue / appeal. The odder the picture, the better it sticks.
Stroke Order
Stroke count: 12
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12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 12 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
起訴
kiso
prosecution
提訴
teiso
filing a lawsuit
勝訴
shouso
winning a lawsuit
敗訴
haiso
losing a lawsuit
控訴
kouso
appeal (court)
敗訴した
haisoshita
plain past: did losing a lawsuit
Example sentences (6)
検察は彼を起訴しました。
けんさつ は かれ を きそ しました。
kensatsu wa kare o kiso shimashita.
The prosecution indicted him.
起訴に至るかどうかは、集まった証拠の内容によって判断されます。
きそ に いたる か どう か は、あつまった しょうこ の ないよう に よって はんだん されます。
kiso ni itaru ka dou ka wa, atsumatta shouko no naiyou ni yotte handan saremasu.
Whether it goes as far as prosecution is judged from the evidence gathered.
会社は取引先を提訴しました。
かいしゃ は とりひきさき を ていそ しました。
kaisha wa torihikisaki o teiso shimashita.
The company filed a lawsuit against its business partner.
話し合いで解決しない場合、提訴も視野に入れています。
はなしあい で かいけつ しない ばあい、ていそ も しや に いれています。
hanashiai de kaiketsu shinai baai, teiso mo shiya ni ireteimasu.
If talks fail to settle it, we are also considering filing suit.
長い裁判の末、勝訴しました。
ながい さいばん の すえ、しょうそ しました。
nagai saiban no sue, shouso shimashita.
After a long trial, we won the case.
勝訴したとはいえ、失った時間は戻ってきません。
しょうそ した と は いえ、うしなった じかん は もどって きません。
shouso shita to wa ie, ushinatta jikan wa modotte kimasen.
Although we won the case, the time we lost does not come back.