Japanese word

手書き

Pronunciation

Romajitegaki

Meaning

  • nounhandwriting

Example

これは父の手書きです。ko re wa chichi no te ga ki de su

This is my father's handwriting.

Illustration for 手書き (handwriting)

More examples

申込書は手書きで記入してください。mōshi komi kaki wa te ga ki de ki nyū shi te ku da sa i

Please fill out the application by hand.

Core concept

The term centers on characters formed directly by a person's hand, whether the focus is the act of writing or the resulting script.

Common phrases

  • 手書きの手紙te ga ki no te gami

    handwritten letter

  • 手書きのメモte ga ki no me mo

    handwritten note

  • 手書きで記入するte ga ki de ki nyū su ru

    fill out by hand

Similar words

自筆jihitsu: Writing made by the person who is named as its author or signer.
筆跡hisseki: The marks and visual features that make one person's writing recognizable.
肉筆nikuhitsu: An original handwritten work or piece of writing, especially one preserved as an original.

Definition in Japanese

印刷や機械入力によらず、人が手で文字を書くこと。また、その文字。in satsu ya ki kai nyū ryoku ni yo ra zu hito ga te de moji o ka ku ko to ma ta so no moji

Word origin

手 (te, "hand") combines with 書き (kaki, "writing"), the noun form of 書く (kaku, "to write"), to denote writing done by hand.

Usage tips

  • In Japanese, 手書き (tegaki) can modify a noun through の (no), as in 手書きのメモ (tegaki no memo), a pattern common in labels and descriptions.

Opposites

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