Kanji · first appears in JLPT N4 vocabulary
申

申 – have the honor to, sign of the monkey, 3-5PM

5 strokesTaught in grade 3#492 in newspaper frequencyN4 vocabulary

The kanji 申 means have the honor to, sign of the monkey, 3-5PM, ninth sign of Chinese zodiac. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is シン (shin); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is もう.す、もう.し-、さる (mousu, moushi, saru). It is written with 5 strokes, under radical 田 (no. 102).

Stroke order

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Readings

TypeReadingRomaji
On’yomiシンshin
Kun’yomiもう.すmousu
Kun’yomiもう.し-moushi
Kun’yomiさるsaru

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: (Kangxi radical 102). Components: |・日・田.

Words using 申

Example sentences

こちらはスミスと申します。ジョンソンさんはおいででしょうか。
This is Mr Smith speaking. Is Mr Johnson in?
お礼の申し上げようもありません。
I can never thank you enough.
申告にはどの書類が必要ですか。
What forms do we need to file?

Kanji with the same radical

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