庶 – commoner, all, bastard

11 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1558 in newspaper frequencyN1 vocabulary

The kanji 庶 means commoner, all, bastard. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ショ (sho). It is written with 11 strokes, under radical 广 (no. 53).

Stroke order

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

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ショ	sho

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: 广 (Kangxi radical 53). Components: 广・杰.

Words using 庶

庶民しょみんcommon people庶務しょむgeneral affairs

Example sentences

庶民はまるで羊のように独裁者の後ろにしたがった。

The people followed the dictator like so many sheep.

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Kanji with the same radical

度府広店座廃康庁庭庫底序床廊庇

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