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訟 — Sue

JLPT N111 strokesSecondary school#1061 most used
sue, accuse
On’yomiショウ (shou)
Kun’yomi

Stroke order (11 strokes)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).

Common words using 訟

WordReadingMeaning
訴訟そしょう
soshou
lawsuit; suit; (legal) action
行政訴訟ぎょうせいそしょう
gyouseisoshou
administrative litigation (action)

Study notes

訟 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 11 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1061 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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