The kanji 昭: meaning, readings and stroke order
昭
- Meaning
- bright, Showa era
- On reading
- ショウ shou
- Kun reading
- —
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 日 sun, day
- Level
- Level 3 · grade 3
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- sáng, thời Chiêu Hoà (chiêu)
- Japanese
- あかるい。しょうわの しょう。
- Korean
- 밝다, 쇼와 시대 (소·조)
- Chinese
- 光明、昭和
Readings, words and example sentences
ショウ shou · on reading
昭和
Showa era (1926–1989)
おじいさんは 昭和の 生まれです。
My grandpa was born in the Showa era.
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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.