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尚

尚 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. たかい。
  2. たかめる。とうとぶ。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

象形。建物を象る。「たかどの」を意味する漢語｛堂｝を表す字。のち仮借して「そのうえ」を意味する漢語｛尚｝に用いる。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

esteem, furthermore, still, yet

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ショウJHS
Kun (native)
  • なお
Nanori (used in names)
  • たか
  • たかし
  • ないし
  • なり
  • ひさ
  • ひさし
Other languages
  • 拼音shang4
  • 한글sang
  • Hán-ViệtThượng
  • Hán-ViệtChuộng
  • Hán-ViệtSượng
  • Hán-ViệtThằng

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
8 strokes
Radical
尢(だいのまげあし)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+5C1A

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱⺌冋

Words using this kanji

  • 尚なおstill, yet, more, still more
  • 尚更なおさら「なおさら」参照。still more, even more, all the more, still less
  • 尚且つなおかつ「なおかつ」を参照。besides, furthermore, on top of that, and yet
  • 尚早しょうそうことをするのにまだ早いこと。prematurity
  • 尚武しょうぶ武道や軍事を重視すること。militarism, warlike spirit
  • 尚又なおまたbesides, moreover, furthermore, further
  • 尚古しょうこrespect for olden days
  • 尚々なおなおall the more
  • 尚氏しょうしShō clan (royal family of the Ryukyu Kingdom)
  • 尚もなおもstill (continuing), as ever, further
  • 尚可なおかpreferred, desirable
  • 尚書しょうしょ中国に置かれた中央の役所の一つ。 日本の弁官の唐名。minister, secretary, Shujing, The Book of Documents
  • 尚以てなおもってall the more
  • 尚書省しょうしょしょうDepartment of State Affairs (Tang dynasty China)
  • 尚よしなおよしeven better, still better
  • 尚のことなおのことall the more, still more
  • 尚古主義しょうこしゅぎclassicism, primitivism
  • 尚絅大学しょうけいだいがくShokei University
  • 尚絅女子大学しょうけいじょしだいがくShoukei Women's University
  • 尚美学園大学しょうびがくえんだいがくShobi University

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Lookup codes

SKIP
2-3-5
Four Corner
9022.7
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3n5.2
Heisig
196
Nelson
1361