紹 – introduce, inherit, help

11 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#963 in newspaper frequencyN4 vocabulary

The kanji 紹 means introduce, inherit, help. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ショウ (shou). It is written with 11 strokes, under radical 糸 (no. 120).

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: 糸 (Kangxi radical 120). Components: 口・糸・幺・小・刀.

Words using 紹

紹介しょうかいintroduction

Example sentences

あなたを私の両親に紹介したい。

I want you to meet my parents.

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Kanji with the same radical

経約統総続結組終線細紙系編織給維

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