Kanji: 書

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JLPT Level:	JLPT N5 (beginner level)
Kanken Level:	Kanken Level 9 (completion of 2nd grade)
Grade:	Taught during the 2nd grade in Japan
Radical:	曰 Radical name: ひらび
Meaning:	Write
Usage:	Appears very frequently in Japanese newspapers; only about 150 kanji are used more often.

JLPT Level	Word	Meaning
N5	書(か)く	to write
N5	辞書(じしょ)	Dictionary
N5	図書館(としょかん)	library
N5	葉書(はがき)	postcard
N3	教科書(きょうかしょ)	text book
N3	書斎(しょさい)	study
N3	書物(しょもつ)	books
N3	書類(しょるい)	documents, official papers
N3	読書(どくしょ)	reading
N3	図書(としょ)	books
N2	書留(かきとめ)	writing down, putting on record, recording, making a note of, registration (of mail)
N2	書取(かきとり)	dictation
N2	下書(したが)き	rough copy, draft
N2	書籍(しょせき)	book, publication
N2	書店(しょてん)	bookshop
N2	書道(しょどう)	calligraphy
N2	清書(せいしょ)	clean copy
N2	投書(とうしょ)	letter to the editor, letter from a reader, contribution
N1	書(か)き取(と)り	dictation
N1	書(か)き取(と)る	to write down, to take dictation, to take notes
N1	箇条書(かじょうが)き	itemized form, itemization
N1	願書(がんしょ)	written application or petition
N1	原書(げんしょ)	original document
N1	書評(しょひょう)	book review
N1	聖書(せいしょ)	Bible, scriptures
N1	著書(ちょしょ)	literary work, book
N1	秘書(ひしょ)	(private) secretary
N1	文書(ぶんしょ)	document, writing, letter, note, records, archives