社 – company, firm, office

7 strokesTaught in grade 2#21 in newspaper frequencyN5 vocabulary

The kanji 社 means company, firm, office, association, shrine. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is シャ (sha); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is やしろ (yashiro). It is written with 7 strokes, under radical 示 (no. 113).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	シャ	sha
Kun’yomi	やしろ	yashiro

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: 示 (Kangxi radical 113). Components: 土・礼.

Words using 社

会社かいしゃcompany社長しゃちょうcompany president神社じんじゃShinto shrine社会しゃかいsociety新聞社しんぶんしゃnewspaper company社説しゃせつeditorial商社しょうしゃtrading company入社にゅうしゃjoining a company社会科学しゃかいかがくsocial science社しゃcompany社交しゃこうsocial life社宅しゃたくcompany housing出社しゅっしゃgoing to work (e.g. in the morning)

Example sentences

彼の努力は会社の成長に貢献した。

His effort contributed to my company's growth.

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父は今朝普段より遅く会社に着いた。

My father got to his workplace later than usual this morning.

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この会社の社長は誰ですか。

Who is the boss of this company?

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Kanji with the same radical

示神福票禁祉祭祝礼祖祈禅禄

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