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Kanji Detail for 莊 - "village, villa"

莊

  • Meaning

    莊 means "village, villa." Also associated with solemn.

    1. Solemn - Serious; dignified.

    2. Village - A rural settlement.

    3. Villa - A country house.

  • Tattoo check: 莊

    • Verified meaning: village, villa
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read そう)
    • Also carries these associations: solemn

    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 莊

    Surnames 莊(そう)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    broom

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    village, hamlet; villa; surname

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    surname Zhuang

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    village, hamlet; villa, manor

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

    Solemn. Meaning to face something with a serious expression. Such as 莊敬 (solemn and respectful), 莊語 (serious speech). | A road. A six-way intersection is called a 莊. Such as saying 康莊大道 (a broad and smooth road). Based on the Erya. | Places with houses in the countryside are called 村莊 (village). Therefore farmland is also called 莊. Such as 莊田 (estate land), 官莊 (government estate). | A villa. Usually outside cities and towns. Hence the name. Such as Li Deyu's Pingquan Villa, Pei Du's Wuqiao Villa, and the like. | Shops and stores are called 莊. Such as 錢莊 (money shop), 衣莊 (clothing shop). Also transporting and selling products, distinguishing their quality to determine their destination is also called 莊. Such as 廣莊 (Guangzhou goods), 洋莊 (foreign goods). - The lower right follows 土 not 士.

  • Onyomi

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    chan(チャン) チャン

    shoh(ショウ) ショウ

    soh(ソウ) ソウ

  • Kunyomi

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    houki(ほうき) ほうき

    ogoso.ka(おごそ-か) おごそ-か

  • Strokes

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    10 strokes

  • Radical

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    艸 艹 (kusa・kusakammuri・soko)

  • Related Keywords

    solemn village villa store shop farm manor dignified estate hamlet plantation rural serious settlement noble

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