Jisho

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10 strokes
Radical:
say
Parts:
write
Kun:
か.く-が.き-がき
On:
ショ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
169 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 書 【ショ】 book, document, calligraphy (esp. Chinese), penmanship, handwriting, letter, note
  • 書院 【ショイン】 drawing room, study, writing alcove, publishing house
  • 投書 【トウショ】 letter (e.g. of complaint), letter to the editor, letter from a reader, contribution (to a newspaper, magazine, etc.)
  • 議定書 【ギテイショ】 protocol

Kun reading compounds

  • 書く 【かく】 to write, to compose, to pen, to draw, to paint

Readings

Japanese names:
かき
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shu1
Korean:
seo

Spanish

  • escritura
  • escrito
  • escribir

Portuguese

  • escrever

French

  • écrire
92 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
159 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
142 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
130 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3719 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
70 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
58 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1216 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.3 Japanese for Busy People
131 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
131 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
181 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
998 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3292 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1703 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2314 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
333 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
14294 Morohashi
2658 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2463 New Nelson (John Haig)
327 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
349 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
121 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
197 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1678 2001 Kanji
4c6.6 The Kanji Dictionary
2-6-4 SKIP code
5060.1 Four corner code
1-29-81 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
66f8 Unicode hex code

8 strokes
Radical:
house on cliff 广
Parts:
广
store, shop
Kun:
みせたな
On:
テン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
378 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 店 【テン】 store, shop, restaurant
  • 店員 【テンイン】 employee (of a store), shop assistant, clerk, salesperson
  • 酒店 【サカダナ】 liquor store, off-licence, bottle shop, hotel (in China)
  • 同店 【ドウテン】 the same store, the same shop

Kun reading compounds

  • 店 【みせ】 store, shop, establishment, restaurant
  • 店先 【みせさき】 storefront, shopfront
  • 酒店 【さかだな】 liquor store, off-licence, bottle shop, hotel (in China)
  • 茶店 【さてん】 tea house
  • 店 【たな】 merchant's home, rented home, store, shop
  • 店子 【たなこ】 tenant (esp. in contrast to a landlord), renter
  • お店 【おたな】 merchant's home (esp. used by apprentices, etc.), (your) rental home

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
dian4
Korean:
jeom

Spanish

  • tienda
  • establecimiento

Portuguese

  • loja
  • comércio

French

  • magasin
  • échoppe
284 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
195 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
178 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
211 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1509 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
235 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
52 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2.4 Japanese for Busy People
168 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
168 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
55 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
586 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3828 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1962 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2657 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
595 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
9267 Morohashi
3085 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1613 New Nelson (John Haig)
588 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
632 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
163 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
577 2001 Kanji
3q5.4 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-5 SKIP code
0026.1 Four corner code
1-37-25 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5e97 Unicode hex code