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庶 — 11 strokes / Radical「广」

道
準2High school level / 11 strokes / Radical「广」
On
ショしょ · sho
Kun
—
Meaning
the common people; all

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

广 "house" with 炗 "fire": fires burning in house after house — the many, the common people.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onショしょsho庶民しょみん庶務しょむ

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 庶民しょみん

    the common people

  • 庶務しょむ

    general affairs

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

庶民(しょみん)の暮(く)らしを守(まも)る。

We protect the lives of ordinary people.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

庶務庶民庶務duty民people庸common…廃abolis…広wide庁govern…庄manor且moreov…疎sparse緒cord処place疋counte…
CompoundRadicalReading

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