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Kanji Detail for 庶 - "common"

庶

  • Meaning

    庶 means "common." Also associated with many, illegitimate.

    1. Common - Of the ordinary people.

    2. Many - Numerous; various.

    3. Illegitimate - Born outside marriage (of children).

    4. Hope - To wish for.

  • Words using 庶

    • 庶民 しょみん Listen common people; ordinary people; masses

  • Tattoo check: 庶

    • Verified meaning: common
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read ちかし, ゆたか)
    • Also carries these associations: many, illegitimate

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 庶

    Given names 庶(ちかし)Listen

    Surnames 庶(ゆたか)Listen

  • 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

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    sho(ショ) ショ

  • Kunyomi

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    none

  • Strokes

    tip

    11 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    广 (madare)

  • Related Keywords

    common many illegitimate desired wished for different hope numerous similar ordinary average everyday people mainstream plebeian typical non-aristocratic

Sentences including 庶

  • She is attached to the general affairs section.

  • The ordinary people had their livelihood in farming rice.

  • His humble background parallels that of his predecessor.

  • Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful.

  • "Where's that superstition from?" "Call it folk wisdom."

  • The people followed the dictator like so many sheep.

  • From a humble background, John achieved worldwide fame.

  • No matter how much I rush it, miscellaneous work keeps piling up and I can't catch up with it.

  • If you watch this TV drama, you will understand the lives of ordinary people in the Edo Age very well.

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