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Kanji Detail for 社 - "shrine, society, company"
社
- Meaning
社 means "shrine, society, company."
Shrine - A place where local deities are enshrined; a sacred site.
God of earth - The deity of the land; local protective spirit.
Society - A group organized for a purpose; an association.
Company - A business organization; a corporation.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
company; firm; office; association; shrine
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
god of the soil and altars to him; group of families; company, society
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
(bound form) society; organization; agency; (old) god of the land
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
group, organization, society; a god of the soil
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
A place for worshipping the earth god. The earth god shrine is also called 社. | Anciently twenty-five families made one 社. Neighbors and villagers jointly seeking common interests. Later, all those who unite people with common purpose are called 結社. Such as poetry societies, literary societies, and such. Hence borrowed as a name for organizations. All that bring together many people to pursue an enterprise are also called 社. Such as Japanese calling companies 會社. This is it. | 社日 (society day). The fifth wu day after the Start of Spring is Spring She. The fifth wu day after the Start of Autumn is Autumn She.
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Sentences including 社
Bill has stock in that company.
The company was in want of money.
My boss says one thing and means another.
Our company is too top-heavy.
His company is under his control.
He set up his company that year.
My father goes to work by bike.
I don't want to be tied to one company.
The company went bankrupt.
Father got to his office on time.
Sentences from Japanese classical masterpieces
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
時間に束縛を許さない悠長な田舎に帰った私は、お蔭で好もしくない社交上の苦痛から救われたも同じ事であったが、私を理解しない母は少しもそこに気が付いていないらしかった。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha