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Kanji Detail for 示 - "to show, to indicate"

示

  • Meaning

    示 means "to show, to indicate." Also associated with to reveal.

    1. Show - To display; to make visible.

    2. Indicate - To point out; to demonstrate.

    3. Reveal - To make known; to disclose.

    4. Earth deity - A god of the land.

  • Words using 示

    • 指示 しじ Listen indication; denotation; designation
    • 展示 てんじ Listen exhibition; display
    • 示す しめす Listen to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to tell
    • 告示 こくじ Listen notice; bulletin
    • 開示 かいじ Listen release (of information, documents, etc.); disclosure; display
    • 公示 こうじ Listen public announcement; official notice; edict
    • 提示 ていじ Listen presentation (of a passport, ID, etc.); showing; production (e.g. of documents)
    • 意思表示 いしひょうじ Listen expressing one's feelings; communicating one's intention; declaration of intent

  • Four-character idioms with 示

    • 意思表示 いしひょうじ Listen expressing one's feelings; communicating one's intention; declaration of intent
    • 自己顕示 じこけんじ Listen making oneself conspicuous; pressing one's own cause
    • 自己暗示 じこあんじ Listen autosuggestion; self-suggestion

  • Tattoo check: 示

    • Verified meaning: to show, to indicate
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read しめす)
    • Also carries these associations: to reveal

    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 示

    Given names 示(しめす)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    show; indicate; point out; express; display

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    show, manifest; demonstrate; Kangxi radical 113

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to show; to reveal

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    altar; ceremony; to show, to demonstrate

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

    Same as 祇. The earth god. Seen in (Rites of Zhou). | To show. Same as 示. Telling someone something is called 示.

  • Onyomi

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    ji(ジ) ジ

    shi(シ) シ

  • Kunyomi

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    shime.su(しめ-す) しめ-す

  • Strokes

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    5 strokes

  • Radical

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    示 礻 (shimesu・shimesuhen)

  • Related Keywords

    to show to indicate to reveal earth deity instruct demonstrate display exhibit manifest point convey denote disclose exemplify illustrate represent signify evidence prove

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