漢字Kanji · in Action & Movement
訟: sue, accuse
JLPT N111 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
言 carries the meaning · 公 gives the sound
11 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
ショウshou · on'yomi · in compounds
- 訴訟そしょうlawsuit; suit; (legal) action
- 行政訴訟ぎょうせいそしょうadministrative litigation (action)
- 争訟そうしょうlegal dispute; contestation; suit
Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
公
Also built on public (公)
訟 takes the 公 family's reading, ショウ (shou).
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side訟 sue · 公
vs訳 translate · 尺In ChineseSimplified 讼 · traditional, as in Japanese · sòng
Japan keeps the traditional form 訟; mainland China simplifies it to 讼.
- Simplified
- 讼 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 訟 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin sòng 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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