Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

1558 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 11

Meaning: commoner, all, bastard

Kunyomi:

Onyomi: ショ

Composition: 广 廿

Radical

Radical: 广

Meaning: house on cliff

广

Examples

Onyomi Examples

ショミン common people, ordinary people, masses

民的 ショミンテキ popular, folksy, plebeian, ordinary, unpretentious

シュウショ the masses, common people

シショ samurai and commoners, normal people (as opposed to people of a high social standing)