The kanji 赦: meaning, readings and stroke order

赦

Meaning: pardon, forgive
On reading: シャ sha
Kun reading: —
Strokes: 11
Radical: 赤 red, naked
Level: Level 8 · the last years of junior high

Stroke order

Stroke order of 赦, 11 strokes: each box adds one stroke, the red one is the stroke being written

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: tha thứ, ân xá (xá)
Japanese: つみをゆるす。
Korean: 용서하다 (사)
Chinese: 赦免、饶恕

Readings, words and example sentences

シャ sha · on reading · less common

容よう赦しゃ
mercy, going easy
容よう赦しゃなく攻めます。
They attack without mercy.

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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.