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署 — 13 strokes ／ Radical「罒」

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5Elementary year 6 ／ 13 strokes ／ Radical「罒」
On
ショしょ · sho
Kun
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Meaning
government office; to sign

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

罒 "net" over 者 "person"; duties divided up and written down — hence "office," and "to sign."

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onショしょsho署名しょめい署長しょちょう警察署けいさつしょ

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 警察署けいさつしょ

    police station

  • 署名しょめい

    signature

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

書類(しょるい)に署名(しょめい)をした。

I signed the document.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

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Compound

Map of radical 罒Map of reading ショAll maps

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