標 – signpost, seal, mark

15 strokesTaught in grade 4#686 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 標 means signpost, seal, mark, stamp, imprint, symbol, emblem, trademark. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ヒョウ (hyou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is しるべ、しるし (shirube, shirushi). It is written with 15 strokes, under radical 木 (no. 75).

Stroke order

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

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ヒョウ	hyou
Kun’yomi	しるべ	shirube
Kun’yomi	しるし	shirushi

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: 木 (Kangxi radical 75). Components: 示・二・小・西・木.

Words using 標

目標もくひょうgoal標識ひょうしきsign標準ひょうじゅんstandard標本ひょうほんspecimen標語ひょうごmotto座標ざひょうcoordinate

Example sentences

売れ行きは目標に達しなかった。

Sales fell short of their goal.

Tatoeba #121474

彼らはその標識を壁に取り付けた。

They fixed the sign to the wall.

Tatoeba #97859

私は標準英語を勉強したい。

I want to learn standard English.

Tatoeba #153095

Kanji with the same radical

本東業来機権査案村果格検校構木条

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