章 – badge, chapter, composition

11 strokesTaught in grade 3#990 in newspaper frequencyN5 vocabulary

The kanji 章 means badge, chapter, composition, poem, design. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ショウ (shou). It is written with 11 strokes, under radical 立 (no. 117).

Stroke order

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

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ショウ	shou

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: 立 (Kangxi radical 117). Components: 音・十・日・立.

Words using 章

文章ぶんしょうwriting章しょうchapter

Example sentences

彼の文章はとても主観的だ。

His writing is very subjective.

Tatoeba #116191

次の文章を日本語に直しなさい。

Put the following sentences into Japanese.

Tatoeba #150227

教科書の各章に約１２もの練習問題がついている。

Each chapter in the textbook is followed by about a dozen comprehension questions.

Tatoeba #180313

Kanji with the same radical

立競端童

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