6 strokes
Jinmeiyou kanji used in names
Kentei exam level Pre-1
JLPT exam level N1

level, in the country, manor, village, hamlet

On'yomi
  • ショ
    manor
  • manor
  • ホウ
Nanori
  • まさ

Main Radical

广(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

ショウ 100.0%

Character Breakdown

level, in the country, manor
ショウ ソ ソウ (Kentei Pre-1, N1)
dotted cliff radical (no. 53)
ゲン (Kentei 1)
wild goose, trailing cliff radical (no. 27)
カン かりがね (Kentei 1)
soil, earth, ground
ド つち は (1st, N5)

Contained In

Common Words

village headman (esp. in the Kansai region)
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References

Unicode hex code 5E84
JIS X 0208 1-30-17
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 1500
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 1605
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 3051
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 3788
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha) 1933
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 2625
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2238
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 2345
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 315
O'Neill, P.G. Essential Kanji 1949
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 9234
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana 2063
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 3q3.1
Four corner code 0021.4