Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N2

1540 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 5

Meaning: seduce, call, send for, wear, put on, ride in, buy, eat, drink, catch (cold)

Kunyomi: め.す

Onyomi: ショウ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: くち

Meaning: mouth, opening

Strokes: 3

Examples

Examples with audio

集する(しょうしゅうする)   call together, muster

還する(しょうかんする)   recall, call someone back

する(おうしょうする)   be drafted, be enlisted

す(めす)   call, wear, eat, drink [hon.]

し使い(めしつかい)   servant

し上がる(めしあがる)   eat, drink [hon.]

し物(おめしもの)   clothing [hon.]

Onyomi Examples

招請 ショウセイ invitation

ショウシュウ convening, calling together (e.g. parliament), call-up (for military service)

Kunyomi Examples

めす to call, to invite, to send for, to summon, to eat, to drink, to put on, to wear, to ride, to catch (a cold), to take (a bath), to tickle (one's fancy), to put on (years), to commit (seppuku), to do, used to show respect