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昭

JLPT N1 SL3 9 strokes Frequency: #697

Meanings

Shining, Bright

Radicals

日

Decomposition

⿰日召

Etymology

Pictophonetic: sun

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 9

Stroke Order

1 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left

2 corner bottom-right-to-top-left

3 horizontal left-to-right

4 horizontal bottom-to-top

5 hook bottom-right-to-top-left

6 diagonal right-to-left

7 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left

8 corner bottom-right-to-top-left

9 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

ショウ shou

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

No common kun'yomi readings

Words Using This Kanji

23 words total

Other (20 words)

昭和時代しょうわじだい

Shōwa period (1926-1989)

昭和しょうわ

Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7)

clear

clear

glorious reign

manifest

the flourishing mid-Shōwa period (1960s and early 1970s) of peace, rapid economic growth, and life of ease

昭和史しょうわし

history of the Shōwa period (1926-1989)

昭和の日しょうわのひ

Shōwa Day (national holiday; April 29)

昭陽舎しょうようしゃ

court ladies' residence (in the inner Heian Palace)

昭和維新しょうわいしん

Shōwa restoration (call for Imperial restoration by militarists in the 1930s)

昭和基地しょうわきち

Shōwa Station (Antarctica)

昭和天皇しょうわてんのう

Emperor Shōwa (1901-1989, reigned 1926-1989)

昭しょう

nth year in the Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7)

昭示しょうじ

elucidation

昭和レトロしょうわレトロ

Shōwa retro

昭栄しょうえい

Shoei (motorcycle helmet manufacturing company)

昭和美術館しょうわびじゅつかん

Showa Museum of Art

昭和音楽大学しょうわおんがくだいがく

Showa Academia Musicae

昭和アルミニウムしょうわアルミニウム

Showa Aluminum Corporation

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