抄
抄 — Extract
extract, selection, summary, copy, spread thin
On’yomiショウ (shou)
Kun’yomi—
Stroke order (7 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 抄
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 抄本 | しょうほん shouhon | excerpt; abridgment; abridgement |
| 抄録 | しょうろく shouroku | quotation; abstract; selection |
Study notes
抄 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 7 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #2328 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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