漢字Kanji · in Action & Movement
訴: accusation, sue
Also: complain of pain, appeal to
JLPT N112 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
言 carries the meaning · 斥 is drawn in
12 strokes
Two readings, and the words that use each
ソso · on'yomi · in compounds
- 訴訟そしょうlawsuit; suit; (legal) action
- 起訴きそprosecution; indictment
- 控訴こうそ
- 提訴ていそpresenting a case; suing
- 訴状そじょうpetition; complaint; (legal) brief
- 告訴こくそ
- 勝訴しょうそwinning a (legal) case
うったえるuttaeru · kun'yomi · on its own
- 訴えうったえlawsuit; complaint
Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Phono-semantic compound (形聲)言 word, speak (meaning) + 斥 accuse, blame (sound)
To accuse verbally.
Source: Wiktionary, 訴 (rev. 93443935), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Words flowing from the heart and into the world! The lines radiating upward show the power of the voice as it leaves the mouth.”
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Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side訴 accusation · 斥
vs誓 vow · 折In ChineseSimplified 诉 · traditional, as in Japanese · sù
Japan keeps the traditional form 訴; mainland China simplifies it to 诉.
- Simplified
- 诉 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 訴 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin sù 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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