The kanji 社: meaning, readings and stroke order
社
- Meaning
- company, shrine
- On reading
- シャ sha
- Kun reading
- やしろ yashiro
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 示 sign
- Level
- Level 2 · grade 2
- Old form
- 社
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- công ty, đền thờ (xã)
- Japanese
- かいしゃ。じんじゃ。
- Korean
- 회사, 신사 (사)
- Chinese
- 公司、神社
Readings, words and example sentences
シャ sha · on reading
社会
society, social studies
社会の 時間に 地図を 見ます。
We look at maps in social studies class.
やしろ yashiro · kun reading · less common
社
shrine
森の 中に 古い 社が あります。
There is an old shrine in the forest.
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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.