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諸

諸 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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Meaning (Japanese)

  1. 多くの、あまたの、もろもろの。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「言」+音符「者」。「もろもろの」を意味する漢語｛諸｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

various, many, several, together

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ショElem.
Kun (native)
  • もろ
Other languages
  • 拼音zhu1
  • 한글je
  • Hán-ViệtChư

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

Basics

Strokes
15 strokes
Radical
言(げん)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 2
Unicode
U+8AF8

Components

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

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰言者

Words using this kanji

  • 諸君しょくん多くの人を指す語。主として男性が、対等かそれ以下の者に軽い敬意をもって用いる。you (people), gentlemen, ladies and gentlemen, my friends
  • 諸しょvarious, many, several
  • 諸国しょこく方々の国。多くの国。various countries, various regions, various provinces
  • 諸島しょとうある区域に散在する多くの島。archipelago, group of islands
  • 諸般しょはん様々。いろいろ。種々。various, several
  • 諸悪しょあく色々な悪事。various evils, every kind of evil, all evils
  • 諸々もろもろall kinds of things, various things, large number of people
  • 諸もろboth, many, various, all
  • 諸にもろにcompletely, all the way, altogether, bodily
  • 諸元しょげんある特定のものの因子、要素。工業製品の性能、仕様や土木施設・建築施設の形態・形状、部材性能、品質、根拠法等をまとめ示すもの。various factors or elements
  • 諸侯しょこう封建時代、一定の領土を所有し、人民を支配していた人。feudal lords, barons, princes
  • 諸事しょじ多くの事柄。いろいろなこと。various matters, everything
  • 諸刃もろは「もろは」参照。double-edged (e.g. sword blade), double-beveled (e.g. kitchen knife), double-edged blade
  • 諸説しょせつさまざまな意見や学説。various opinions, various theories, various rumors (rumours)
  • 諸味もろみmain fermenting mash (in production of sake or soy sauce), unrefined sake or soy sauce, unrefined (sake, soy sauce, etc.), rough
  • 諸子しょし中国春秋戦国時代の多くの思想家の総称。 （複数の同輩以下の者に対し）諸君。君たち。gentlemen, you, (all of) you or them, Hundred Schools of Thought
  • 諸兄しょけい男性が多くの男性に対する尊敬語。dear friends, (all of) you or those men
  • 諸行しょぎょう因縁によりつくられた一切の存在や現象。万物。 一切の善行。 浄土教で念仏以外の修行。all worldly phenomena, meritorious acts leading to enlightenment, (Jodo school) all practices other than recitation of the nembutsu prayer
  • 諸姉しょし多くの女性を指す語句。you (feminine plural), you ladies
  • 諸派しょはvarious parties or factions, minor parties

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Variants

Lookup codes

SKIP
1-7-8
Four Corner
0466.0
Spahn–Hadamitzky
7a8.3
Heisig
1351
Nelson
4393