漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements
社: company, firm
Also: office, association, shrine
JLPT N47 strokesGrade 2Your ink: 白 Not met
礻 carries the meaning · 土 gives the sound
7 strokes
Two readings, and the words that use each
シャsha · on'yomi · in compounds
- 社会しゃかいsociety
- 社長しゃちょうcompany president
- 会社かいしゃcompany
- 本社ほんしゃheadquarters
- 支社ししゃbranch office
- 出版社しゅっぱんしゃpublisher
- 神社じんじゃShinto shrine
- 入社するにゅうしゃするjoin a company
やしろyashiro · kun'yomi · on its own
- お社おやしろShinto shrine [hon.]
Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Ideogrammic compound (會意)示 god; deity + 土 soil
Source: Wiktionary, 社 (rev. 92162294), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“A blessing on the left! When the altar "steps aside" to the left, it brings the protection of the gods to the character.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
The 土 family reads ト (to); 社 is read シャ.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · shè
Same form: 社 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 社 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 社 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin shè 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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