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荘: villa, inn

Also: cottage, feudal manor, solemn, dignified

JLPT N19 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

艹 carries the meaning · 壮 gives the sound

9 strokes

Two readings, and the words that use each

ソウsou · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 別荘べっそう
  • 山荘さんそうmountain villa; mountain retreat
  • 荘厳そうごん

ショウshou · on'yomi

  • 荘園しょうえんmanor; demesne

Also read チャン, ほうき, おごそか, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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“Grass growing on top! Like a green crown upon the earth, this radical sits above kanji related to flowers, herbs, and vegetation.”
More in the 艹 grass story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
艹

Also built on grass (艹)

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壮

Also built on robust (壮)

荘 takes the 壮 family's reading, ソウ (sou).

Also read ソウ

56 kanji share this on'yomiAll 56

Also read ショウ

90 kanji share this on'yomiAll 90
In ChineseSimplified 庄 · traditional 莊 · zhuāng

Three different forms: Japanese 荘, simplified 庄, traditional 莊.

Simplified
庄 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
莊 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin zhuāng 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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