The kanji 詔: meaning, readings and stroke order

詔

Meaning: imperial edict
On reading: ショウ shou
Kun reading: みことのり mikotonori
Strokes: 12
Radical: 言 speech
Level: Level 9 · senior high school

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: chiếu chỉ (vua) (chiếu)
Japanese: てんのうのことば。みことのり。
Korean: 조서, 임금의 말씀 (조)
Chinese: 诏书、诏令 (诏)

Readings, words and example sentences

ショウ shou · on reading · less common

詔しょう書しょ
written imperial order
むかしの 詔しょう書しょを読みます。
I read an imperial order from long ago.

みことのり mikotonori · kun reading · less common

詔みことのり
imperial order (from an emperor)
詔みことのりが出されました。
An imperial order was issued.

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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.