唱 – chant, recite, call upon

11 strokesTaught in grade 4#1123 in newspaper frequencyN1 vocabulary

The kanji 唱 means chant, recite, call upon, yell. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ショウ (shou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is とな.える (tonaeru). It is written with 11 strokes, under radical 口 (no. 30).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ショウ	shou
Kun’yomi	とな.える	tonaeru

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 口 (Kangxi radical 30). Components: 口・日.

Words using 唱

合唱がっしょうsinging together唱えるとなえるto recite

Example sentences

パーティーは合唱で終わった。

The party ended up with a chorus.

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彼は減税を唱えた。

He advocated reduction of taxes.

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Kanji with the same radical

同合員問和名向告品各台口営可商味

Sources: KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0), KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0), Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). About the data.