Kanji Detail for 庶 - "common, many, various"

庶

Jōyō Kanji

JLPT N1

Meaning
庶 means "common, many, various."
1. Common - Of the ordinary people.
2. Many - Numerous; various.
3. Illegitimate - Born outside marriage (of children).
4. Hope - To wish for.
Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

commoner; all; bastard

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

numerous, various; multitude

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

(bound form) ordinary; numerous; (bound form) pertaining to a concubine (contrasted with 嫡[di2])

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

numerous, various; multitude

XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

Numerous. Such as 庶民, 庶物. A populous place is called 富庶, 繁庶. | Nearly. (Analects) "Hui is almost there." Meaning 庶幾 (nearly). | Collateral lines. Sons born of concubines are called 庶子.
Onyomi

sho(ショ)
Kunyomi
none
Strokes

11 strokes
Radical

广 (madare)
Related Keywords
common many various numerous multitude people masses populace illegitimate concubine hope wish desire nearly almost approximately diverse general ordinary