Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Structures & Home

庶: commoner, all

Also: bastard

JLPT N111 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

广 carries the meaning · 廿 and 灬 are drawn in

11 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

ショsho · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 庶民しょみんcommon people; ordinary people; masses
  • 庶務しょむgeneral affairs
  • 庶民的しょみんてきpopular; folksy; plebeian

Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Where it comes from

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Build on the hillside! This radical represents practical buildings that provide shelter while leaning directly into the landscape.”
More in the 广 slant roof story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
广

Also built on slant roof (广)

All 25
廿

Also built on 廿

灬

Also built on fire (灬)

All 19

庶 gives its sound to

Sound parts: KanjiVG.

Also read ショ

15 kanji share this on'yomiAll 15

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
庶 commoner · 灬
vs度 degrees · 又
庶 has 灬 where 度 has 又.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · shù

Same form: 庶 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
庶 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
庶 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin shù most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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