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The Kanji Map

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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 灬

庶

Radical

Radical: 广

Meaning: house on cliff

Reading: まだれ

Frequency: 15

广

Examples

Onyomi Examples

庶民 (ショミン) common people, ordinary people, masses

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

衆庶 (シュウショ) the masses, common people

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

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