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旅 — how to write the kanji for “trip”

旅 (“trip” and “travel”) is a JLPT N4 kanji taught in third grade in Japan. Its parts: 方 (“direction”, its radical), strokes 1–4; 𠂉 (“person”), strokes 5–6; 亻 (“person”), strokes 7–8, each finished before the next. On its own it is the word tabi, “travel; trip”. Read ryo, it forms 旅行 (“travel”), 旅客 (“passenger”) and 旅館 (“ryokan”); the native reading tabi gives 旅先 (“destination”) and 旅立つ (“to begin a trip”). Chinese reads it lǚ, “trip”, at HSK 2.

Strokes
10
JLPT
N4
Radical
方 (“direction”)
On
リョ
Kun
たび

Stroke by stroke

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8
  9. 9
  10. 10
  1. Vertical ㇑top leftdownwards
  2. Horizontal ㇐top leftrightwards
  3. Horizontal-turn-hook ㇆leftdown and right → downwards
  4. Left-falling stroke ㇒top leftdownwards
  5. Left-falling stroke ㇒topdown and left
  6. Horizontal ㇐toprightwards
  7. Left-falling stroke ㇒topdown and left
  8. Vertical ㇑centerdownwards
  9. Left-falling stroke ㇒rightdown and left
  10. Right-falling stroke ㇏centerdown and right

Japanese and Chinese

The two models differ in shape, so our comparison does not claim an order; compare the numbered frames yourself (10 strokes in Japanese, 10 strokes in Chinese).

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Japanese · KanjiVG · 10 strokes
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Chinese · Make Me a Hanzi · 10 strokes

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Readings

On (Chinese-derived)
リョ ryo
Kun (native)
たび tabi
Meanings
trip; travel
Read ryo
旅行 旅客 旅館 旅券 旅客機 旅費
Read tabi
旅先 旅立つ
School year
third grade
Newspaper rank
783rd of 2,500 (KANJIDIC2)
Korean hanja
려 ryeo
Common words
18 in JMdict

On and kun, explained

Words with 旅

WordReadingMeaning
旅行りょこう ryokoutravel; trip
旅客りょかく ryokakupassenger; traveller
旅館りょかん ryokanryokan; traditional Japanese inn
旅券りょけん ryokenpassport
旅客機りょかくき ryokakukipassenger plane
旅費りょひ ryohitravel expenses
修学旅行しゅうがくりょこう shuugakuryokouexcursion; field trip
旅先たびさき tabisakidestination; place one stays during a trip
旅団りょだん ryodanbrigade
旅立つたびだつ tabidatsuto begin a trip; to depart

Most common first (JMdict).

Practice sheet

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Same parts:

JLPT N4, in list order: