尚 – esteem, furthermore, still

8 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1531 in newspaper frequencyN1 vocabulary

The kanji 尚 means esteem, furthermore, still, yet. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ショウ (shou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is なお (nao). It is written with 8 strokes, under radical 小 (no. 42).

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	なお	nao

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: 小 (Kangxi radical 42). Components: 口・冂.

Words using 尚

高尚こうしょうhigh

Example sentences

彼は趣味が高尚です。

He has elegant tastes.

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Kanji with the same radical

小少尖

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