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庶

庶 — readings, stroke count and radical

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Meaning (Japanese)

  1. にえる。にる。
  2. おおい。もろもろ。
  3. 婚外子。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「火」+音符「石」。「にる」を意味する漢語｛庶｝を表す字。のち仮借して「もろもろ」を意味する漢語｛庶｝に用いる。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

commoner, all, bastard

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ショJHS
Other languages
  • 拼音shu4
  • 한글seo
  • Hán-ViệtThứ

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Basics

Strokes
11 strokes
Radical
广(まだれ)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+5EB6

Components

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

Composition (IDS): enclosure ⿸𲟁灬

Words using this kanji

  • 庶民しょみん多数の通常の民。common people, ordinary people, masses
  • 庶務しょむ雑多な事務。general affairs
  • 庶民的しょみんてき裕福ではない庶民の生活が理解できるさま。popular, folksy, plebeian, ordinary
  • 庶子しょし妾が生んだ子供。 結婚していない男女の間に生まれた子供。illegitimate child
  • 庶政しょせいさまざまな方面の政務。political affairs, all phases of government
  • 庶幾しょき切望すること。 非常に似ていること。desire, hope
  • 庶出しょしゅつ妾から生まれたこと。 （妾に限らず）結婚していない男女から生まれたこと。illegitimate birth
  • 庶流しょりゅう庶子から出た系統。 本家から分かれた分家や別家の系統。illegitimate family lineage
  • 庶人しょじん庶民。大衆。人民。commoner, common people
  • 庶民劇しょみんげきdrama of ordinary people
  • 庶務課しょむかgeneral affairs section
  • 庶民性しょみんせいcommonness, the common touch
  • 庶民院しょみんいんHouse of Commons (UK, Canada)
  • 庶民金融しょみんきんゆうloans for low-income people
  • 庶民感覚しょみんかんかくsensibilities of the common people, ordinary people's way of thinking, popular sentiment
  • 庶民金庫しょみんきんこpeople's bank
  • 庶民銀行しょみんぎんこうpawnshop

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