漢字Kanji · in Action & Movement
章: badge, chapter
Also: composition, poem, design
JLPT N211 strokesGrade 3Your ink: 白 Not met
音 carries the meaning · 早 is drawn in
11 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
ショウshou · on'yomi · in compounds
- 章しょうchapter
- 文章ぶんしょうsentence [n.]
- 校章こうしょうschool badge
- 勲章くんしょうmedal
- 第一章だいいっしょうfirst chapter
- 憲章けんしょう
- 受章じゅしょうreception of a decoration
- 楽章がくしょうmovement
Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0 · JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Rise and stand! Imagine a person standing tall and proud, rooted to the earth with purpose.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
早
Also built on early (早)
章 gives its sound to
The family reading is ショウ (shou). Sound parts: KanjiVG.
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side章 badge · 音 + 早
vs童 juvenile · 立 + 里In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · zhāng
Same form: 章 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 章 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 章 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin zhāng 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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