• 書しょ — document / book
• 書店しょてん — bookstore
• 書類しょるい — document, paperwork
• 教科書きょうかしょ — textbook
• 書道しょどう — calligraphy
• 読書どくしょ — reading books

書 combines 者 (person/doer) and 聿 (brush), originally showing a person using a brush. It directly conveys “to write” and also refers to written works. In compounds, it often takes on broader meanings like "book" or "document".

手紙てがみを書かきました。
I wrote a letter.

図書館としょかんで本ほんを読よみます。
I read books at the library.

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