Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

2328 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 7

Meaning: extract, selection, summary, copy, spread thin

Kunyomi:

Onyomi: ショウ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: hand

Examples

Onyomi Examples

ショウ excerpt, extract, annotation, shō (unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml), banknote, paper money

ショウホン excerpt, abridgment, abridgement, book of selections

和名 ワミョウショウ Wamyōruijushō (famous Heian-period Japanese dictionary)

史記 シキショウ commentary on Shiki