10 strokes
Jouyou kanji
Taught in 7th grade
JLPT exam level N1

appellation, praise, admire, name, title, fame

Kun'yomi
  • to extol
  • to assume the name of
  • げる
  • かな
  • はか
  • はか
  • ほめ
On'yomi
  • ショ
    name ②fame
Nanori

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

ショウ 97.5%
たたえる 2.3%
となえる 0.2%

Character Breakdown

appellation, praise, admire
ショウ たた.える とな.える (7th, N1)
two-branch tree radical (no. 115)
カ いね (Kentei Pre-1)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ えい よう (Kentei 1)
tree, wood
き モク こ- (1st, N5)
you, that
ジ ニ なんじ (Kentei 1)
person(人) variant
little, small
ショウ こ- ちい.さい (1st, N5)
feathered stick, barb radical (no. 6)
ケツ かぎ (Kentei 1)
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ や はっ (1st, N5)

Common Words

name ②fame
self-proclaimed ②professing oneself to be ③first person
to take the name of ②to pretend
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References

Unicode hex code 79F0
JIS X 0208 1-30-46
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 3280
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 4139
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 1160
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 1491
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha) 788
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 1075
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 905
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 971
Gakken A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage 1187
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 1118
O'Neill, P.G. Essential Kanji 736
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 25016P
Henshall, K. A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters 714
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana 978
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana (2011 edition) 1011
Sakade, F. A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 815
Hodges & Okazaki Japanese Kanji Flashcards 1586
Kask, A. Tuttle Kanji Cards 1374
Nishiguchi & Kono Kanji in Context 1554
Kodansha Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide 1433
Maniette, Y. Les Kanjis dans la tete 914
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 5d5.8
Four corner code 2899.0
De Roo Code 2241