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The Kanji Map

Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 6

JLPT level: N2

725 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 13

Meaning: signature, govt office, police station

Kunyomi:

Onyomi: ショ

Composition: 罒 者

署

Radical

Radical: 网

Reading: よこめ

Meaning: net

Strokes: 5

Reading: よこめ

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Examples

Examples with audio

署長(しょちょう)   chief, head

署員(しょいん)   staff member, station employee

部署(ぶしょ)   one's post, one's station

警察署(けいさつしょ)   police station

消防署(しょうぼうしょ)   fire station

税務署(ぜいむしょ)   tax office

署名する(しょめいする)   sign (a document)

代署する(だいしょする)   sign for another

Onyomi Examples

署 (ショ) station (esp. a police station), office (e.g. tax office)

署員 (ショイン) staff member, station employee, official

支署 (シショ) substation

副署 (フクショ) countersignature

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