署 – signature, govt office, police station

13 strokesTaught in grade 6#725 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 署 means signature, govt office, police station. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ショ (sho). It is written with 13 strokes, under radical 网 (no. 122).

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: 网 (Kangxi radical 122). Components: 日・買・老.

Words using 署

署名しょめいsignature消防署しょうぼうしょfire station税務署ぜいむしょtax office署しょstation (esp. a police station)

Example sentences

この手紙には署名がない。

This letter bears no signature.

Tatoeba #221344

消防署に連絡してください。

Please call the fire department.

Tatoeba #146391

税務署は控除を認めた。

The tax agent allowed the deduction.

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Kanji with the same radical

置罪罰罵罹

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