庶
庶 — Commoner
commoner, all, bastard
On’yomiショ (sho)
Kun’yomi—
Stroke order (11 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 庶
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 庶民 | しょみん shomin | common people; ordinary people; masses |
| 庶務 | しょむ shomu | general affairs |
| 庶民的 | しょみんてき shominteki | popular; folksy; plebeian |
Study notes
庶 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 11 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1558 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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