attain / plural marker
N3- Onyomi
- タツ
- Stroke count
- 12
- JLPT
- N3
Onyomi are readings often used in compound words. Kunyomi are native Japanese readings. Learn each reading with an example word.
Memory tip
Break 達 down and you get ⻌ (road / movement) — a road running along the bottom of the character. Picture a crossroads with a person walking through it and a signboard at the corner, put 達 inside it, and let that scene stand for "attain" — attain / plural marker. 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
配達
haitatsu
delivery
友達
tomodachi
friend
伝達
dentatsu
transmission
発達
hattatsu
development (skills
調達
choutatsu
procurement
通達
tsuutatsu
official notice
Example sentences (5)
荷物は午前中に配達されます。
にもつ は ごぜんちゅう に はいたつ されます。
nimotsu wa gozenchuu ni haitatsu saremasu.
The package will be delivered in the morning.
留守だった場合、荷物は宅配ボックスに配達されます。
るす だった ばあい、にもつ は たくはい ぼっくす に はいたつ されます。
rusu datta baai, nimotsu wa takuhai bokkusu ni haitatsu saremasu.
If you are not home, the package is delivered to the parcel box.
友達と昼ご飯を食べました。
ともだち と ひるごはん を たべました。
tomodachi to hirugohan o tabemashita.
I ate lunch with my friend.
日本で新しい友達ができました。
にほん で あたらしい ともだち が できました。
nihon de atarashii tomodachi ga dekimashita.
I made new friends in Japan.
友達に紹介してもらった店は、とてもおいしかったです。
ともだち に しょうかい して もらった みせ は、とても おいしかった です。
tomodachi ni shoukai shite moratta mise wa, totemo oishikatta desu.
The restaurant my friend introduced me to was really good.