Kanji Detail for 皁 - "acorn, black, servant, feed trough, empty husk"

皁

Non-Jōyō Kanji

Meaning
皁 means "acorn, black, servant, feed trough, empty husk."
1. Acorn - The fruit of an oak.
2. Black - Dark in color.
3. Servant - An attendant; a menial.
4. Feed trough - Also, a stable.
5. Empty husk - Chaff without grain.
Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

black; police runners (from the black clothes formerly worn by them)

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

black; police runners, from the black clothes formerly worn by them

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

black; police runners, from the black clothes formerly worn by them

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

皁隸. Lowly people. Anciently, gentlemen served 皁. 皁 served 輿. 輿 served 隸. Seen in (Zuo Zhuan). Hence lowly servants at government offices were called 皁隸. | Twelve horses are called 皁. Hence horse stables are called 皁櫪. | Black color. Such as saying 皁衣 (black clothes) and such. | 肥皁 (soap). In our country anciently used for washing. Made from pods of the soap tree (皁莢樹) pounded to pulp. Also simply called 皁.
Onyomi

soh(そう)

zoh(ぞう)
Kunyomi

shimobe(しもべ)
Strokes

7 strokes
Radical

白 (shiro・shirohen)
Related Keywords
acorn fruit oak black dark color servant attendant menial feed trough stable empty husk chaff