Grow with Kitty

もうす

申す

mōsu

very common

English

-- extra-modest (humble) expression for 言う (いう) --

नेपाली

भन्नु (नम्र)

Examples

  1. 私わたしは田中たなかと申もうします。

    My name is Tanaka.

  2. はじめまして、キティと申もうします。

    Nice to meet you — my name is Kitty.

  3. 母ははがそう申もうしました。

    That's what my mother said.

How to write it

Stroke order for each kanji — tap replay to watch again.

申 5 strokes

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

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