漢字Kanji · in Textiles, Plants & Food
紹: introduce, inherit
Also: help
JLPT N211 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
糸 carries the meaning · 召 gives the sound
11 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
ショウshou · on'yomi · in compounds
- 紹介状しょうかいじょうletter of introduction
- 自己紹介じこしょうかいself-introduction
- 紹介するしょうかいするintroduce
- 紹介しょうかい
- 紹介者しょうかいしゃperson who introduces someone; introducer
- 紹介文しょうかいぶんintroductory text; introductory essay
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
“Everything is connected! This radical represents the invisible threads that tie us together—our relationships, the fine "silk" of our words, and the intricate weaving of our personal histories.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
召
Also built on seduce (召)
紹 takes the 召 family's reading, ショウ (shou).
In ChineseSimplified 绍 · traditional, as in Japanese · shào
Japan keeps the traditional form 紹; mainland China simplifies it to 绍.
- Simplified
- 绍 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 紹 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin shào 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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