漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
抄: extract, selection
Also: summary, copy, spread thin
JLPT N17 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
扌 carries the meaning · 少 gives the sound
7 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
ショウshou · on'yomi · in compounds
- 抄本しょうほんexcerpt; abridgment; abridgement
- 抄録しょうろくquotation; abstract; selection
- 抄しょうexcerpt; extract
Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Imagine a hand reaching out from the left to grab, hold, or shape the world! When you see these three strokes, think of a hand in motion.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
少
Also built on few (少)
抄 takes the 少 family's reading, ショウ (shou).
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side抄 extract · 扌
vs妙 exquisite · 女In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · chāo
Same form: 抄 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 抄 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 抄 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin chāo 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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