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書く is an exact match with one form of the following word:
書く
BOOST
Reading : かく   
'ku' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to write; to compose; to pen
2. to draw; to paint  (see also: 描く:かく)
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Usefulness and usage:
Kanshudo usefulness level: 2 (among the 1,500 most useful words in Japanese)
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書く is the most useful form. 1 additional form is shown below.
This word is a member of our collection of the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese:
• This form is used about 90% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 2,000 (about 433,000,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N5 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 81 (see iKnow! collections)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 667
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
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Example sentences:
わたし
なまえ
名前
じゅうしょ
住所
これ
いてあります

My name and address are on it.
てがみ
手紙
いたら
それ
してあげます

If you have written the letter, I'll post it.
その
さっか
作家
かいわ
会話
うまい
The writer is very good at a dialog.
かく
BOOST
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 10% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 18,000 (about 37,500,000 results)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 5304
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
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ショ   か to write   
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ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
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