彰
Stroke order
Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).
Meaning
patent, clear
English glosses from KANJIDIC2.
Readings
- On (Sino-Japanese)
- ショウJHS
- Nanori (used in names)
- あき
- あきら
- Other languages
- 拼音zhang1
- 한글chang
- Hán-ViệtChương
Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.
Basics
- Strokes
- 14 strokes
- Radical
- 彳(ぎょうにんべん)
- JIS level
- Level 1
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Unicode
U+5F70
Components
Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.
Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰章彡
Words using this kanji
- 彰徳しょうとくpublic praise, making another's virtues well-known
- 彰義隊しょうぎたいShōgitai (group of former Tokugawa retainers opposed to the Meiji government and fought in the battle of Ueno)
Words starting with this kanji, most common first.
Similar-looking kanji
Selected automatically by comparing composition (IDS). “Same composition” means the parts and their arrangement match.
Lookup codes
- SKIP
1-11-3- Four Corner
0242.2- Spahn–Hadamitzky
3j11.1- Heisig
- 1851
- Nelson
- 1593