The kanji 彰: meaning, readings and stroke order

彰

Meaning: make clear, honor
On reading: ショウ shou
Kun reading: —
Strokes: 14
Radical: 彡 bristle, beard
Level: Level 9 · senior high school

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: làm rõ, tuyên dương (chương)
Japanese: あきらかにする。ほめてしらせる。
Korean: 드러내다, 표창하다 (창)
Chinese: 彰显、表彰

Readings, words and example sentences

ショウ shou · on reading · less common

表ひょう彰しょう
being honored with an award
全校の前で 表ひょう彰しょうされました。
I was given an award in front of the whole school.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.