聞 くは一時 の恥 、聞 かぬは一生 の恥 kikuwa ittokino haji kikanuwa isshōno haji
kikuwa ittokino haji kikanuwa isshōno haji
Expression
1. better to ask and be embarrassed than not ask and never know
Proverb
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Written Form
- 聞 kanji, 14 strokes hear
- く hiragana, 1 strokes ku
- は hiragana, 3 strokes ha
- 一 kanji, 1 strokes one
- 時 kanji, 10 strokes time
- の hiragana, 1 strokes no
- 恥 kanji, 10 strokes shame
- 、 punctuation, 1 strokes
- 聞 kanji, 14 strokes hear
- か hiragana, 3 strokes ka
- ぬ hiragana, 2 strokes nu
- は hiragana, 3 strokes ha
- 一 kanji, 1 strokes one
- 生 kanji, 5 strokes life
- の hiragana, 1 strokes no
- 恥 kanji, 10 strokes shame
Reading
- き hiragana, 4 strokes ki
- く hiragana, 1 strokes ku
- は hiragana, 3 strokes ha
- い hiragana, 2 strokes i
- っ hiragana, 1 strokes '
- と hiragana, 2 strokes to
- き hiragana, 4 strokes ki
- の hiragana, 1 strokes no
- は hiragana, 3 strokes ha
- じ hiragana, 3 strokes ji
- 、 punctuation, 1 strokes
- き hiragana, 4 strokes ki
- か hiragana, 3 strokes ka
- ぬ hiragana, 2 strokes nu
- は hiragana, 3 strokes ha
- い hiragana, 2 strokes i
- っ hiragana, 1 strokes '
- し hiragana, 1 strokes shi
- ょ hiragana, 2 strokes
- う hiragana, 2 strokes u
- の hiragana, 1 strokes no
- は hiragana, 3 strokes ha
- じ hiragana, 3 strokes ji
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