章
Stroke order
Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).
Origin of the character
構形不明。
Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.
Meaning
badge, chapter, composition, poem, design
English glosses from KANJIDIC2.
Readings
- On (Sino-Japanese)
- ショウElem.
- Nanori (used in names)
- あき
- あきら
- あや
- ふみ
- Other languages
- 拼音zhang1
- 한글jang
- Hán-ViệtChương
Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.
Basics
- Strokes
- 11 strokes
- Radical
- 立(たつ)
- JIS level
- Level 1
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 2
- Unicode
U+7AE0
Components
Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.
Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱立早
Words using this kanji
- 章しょう（ショウ）文章や楽曲中の大きな区切り。段落。 （ショウ）記章。chapter, section, medal, badge
- 章句しょうく文章での章と句。 文章の段落。chapter and verse, paragraph, passage
- 章節しょうせつ長い文章での章や節の区切り。chapters and sections, chapter and verse
- 章程しょうてい規則を箇条書きにしたもの。law, rule, ordinance, charter
- 章動しょうどうnutation
- 章段しょうだんparagraph
- 章立てしょうだてarrangement of chapters, dividing into chapters
- 章を改めるしょうをあらためるto begin a new chapter
- 章を断ち義を取るしょうをたちぎをとるto interpret (and use) a passage without regard to its context
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
2-2-9- Four Corner
0040.6- Spahn–Hadamitzky
5b6.3- Heisig
- 464
- Nelson
- 5112