醤 – a kind of miso

17 strokes#2485 in newspaper frequencyN5 vocabulary

The kanji 醤 means a kind of miso. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ショウ (shou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is ひしお (hishio). It is written with 17 strokes, under radical 酉 (no. 164).

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	ひしお	hishio

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: 酉 (Kangxi radical 164). Components: 寸・爪・酉・爿.

Words using 醤

醤油しょうゆsoy sauce

Example sentences

同社は醤油その他の食品を生産する。

The company produces soy sauce and other food products.

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Kanji with the same radical

配酒酸酬酷酔酢酪醜酌

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