庄
庄 — Level
level, in the country, manor, village, hamlet
On’yomiショウ (shou)
On’yomiソ (so)
On’yomiソウ (sou)
On’yomiホウ (hou)
Kun’yomi—
Stroke order (6 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 庄
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 庄屋 | しょうや shouya | village headman (esp. in the Kansai region) |
Study notes
庄 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 6 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1693 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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