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赦

JLPT N1 11 strokes Frequency: #1868

Meanings

Pardon, Forgiveness

Radicals

赤

Decomposition

⿰赤攵

Etymology

Pictophonetic: let go

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 11

Stroke Order

1 horizontal bottom-to-top

2 vertical right-to-left

3 horizontal bottom-to-top

4 diagonal top-to-bottom

5 hook bottom-right-to-top-left

6 diagonal bottom-to-top

7 dot bottom-right-to-top-left

8 diagonal right-to-left

9 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

10 diagonal right-to-left

11 diagonal bottom-right-to-top-left

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

シャ sha

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

No common kun'yomi readings

Words Using This Kanji

14 words total

Other (14 words)

amnesty

pardon

amnesty

special pardon

pardon

mercy

mercilessly

letter of pardon

auspicious day for any activity (according to the traditional calendar)

letter of pardon

letter of pardon

mercilessly

pardon

special pardon to a specific region (in the ritsuryō system)

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