漢字Kanji · in Action & Movement
諸: various, many
Also: several, together
JLPT N215 strokesGrade 6Your ink: 白 Not met
言 carries the meaning · 者 gives the sound
15 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
ショsho · on'yomi · in compounds
- 諸説しょせつvarious opinions
- 諸島しょとうarchipelago, group of islands
- 諸君しょくんGentlemen!, Ladies!
- 諸国しょこくvarious countries
- 諸般しょはんcircumstances
- 諸問題しょもんだいvarious problems
- 諸行無常しょぎょうむじょうimpermanence of worldly things
Also read もろ, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
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.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
者
Also built on someone (者)
諸 takes the 者 family's reading, ショ (sho).
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side諸 various · 者
vs課 chapter · 果In ChineseSimplified 诸 · traditional, as in Japanese · zhū
Japan keeps the traditional form 諸; mainland China simplifies it to 诸.
- Simplified
- 诸 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 諸 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin zhū 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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