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署

署 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. しるす。
  2. 役所、従僕の定められた処

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「网」+音符「者」。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

signature, govt office, police station

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ショElem.
Other languages
  • 拼音shu3
  • 拼音shu4
  • 한글seo
  • Hán-ViệtThự

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

Basics

Strokes
13 strokes
Radical
网(あみがしら)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 2
Unicode
U+7F72

Components

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

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱罒者

Words using this kanji

  • 署名しょめい書類に自分の氏名を書くこと。 書類に書いた自分の氏名。signature, autograph
  • 署員しょいん警察署、消防署、税務署などに勤務する役人。staff member, station employee, official
  • 署長しょちょう警察署、消防署などの長。chief (of police), head (of office)
  • 署しょstation (esp. a police station), office (e.g. tax office)
  • 署内しょない「署」がつく建物や組織の中。inside a police station, fire station, tax office, etc.
  • 署名式しょめいしきsigning ceremony (for a law, treaty, etc.)
  • 署名国しょめいこくsignatory nation
  • 署名鑑しょめいかんsignature specimen
  • 署するしょするto sign (one's signature)
  • 署名者しょめいしゃsigner, signatory
  • 署名本しょめいぼんsigned book, autographed book
  • 署名捺印しょめいなついんadding one's signature and seal (to a document), signing and sealing
  • 署名運動しょめいうんどうsignature-collecting campaign

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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Similar-looking kanji

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Variants

Lookup codes

SKIP
2-5-8
Four Corner
6060.4
Spahn–Hadamitzky
5g8.1
Heisig
1349
Nelson
3642