42 strokes in total
- Hiragana:
- あくたがわりゅうのすけしょう
- Alphabet:
- akutagawaryuunosukeshou
- How to write 芥川竜之介賞
- 芥: mustard plant; mustard; tiny
- 川: stream, river; flow; boil
- 竜: dragon; symbolic of emperor
- 之: marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; go to
- 介: forerunner, herald, harbinger; to lie between; sea shell; to wear armor
- 賞: reward, grant, bestow; appreciate
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