Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

850 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 14

Meaning: indications, sign, omen, symptom, collect, seek, refer to, question

Kunyomi: しるし

Onyomi: チョウ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: step

Examples

Onyomi Examples

チョウ sign, indication, symptom, call, summons, requisition, expropriation

兆候 チョウコウ sign, indication, omen, symptom

ツイチョウ supplementary charge, additional collection

吉兆 キッチョウ lucky omen, good omen

fourth degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale)

チョウ sign, indication, symptom, call, summons, requisition, expropriation

ヘンチ note a semitone below the fourth degree of the Chinese and Japanese pentatonic scale

Kunyomi Examples

しるし sign, indication, omen