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Kanji 社: meaning "company, shrine", readings, stroke order

The kanji 社 means "company, shrine". On'yomi: シャ; kun'yomi: やしろ. JLPT N5 kanji, with example words.

Readings

Meaning
company, shrine
On'yomi
シャ
Kun'yomi
やしろ
Strokes
7
Level
JLPT N5
Official status
Jōyō (common-use kanji)
Old form
社 旧字体: the form used before 1946, still seen in names and older texts.

Words with 社

  • 会社 かいしゃ — Company
  • 社員 しゃいん — Employee
  • 社長 しゃちょう — Company president
  • 社会 しゃかい — Society
  • 神社 じんじゃ — Shinto shrine
  • 新聞社 しんぶんしゃ — newspaper company
  • ～社 ～しゃ — counter for company
  • 社会科学 しゃかいかがく — social science
  • 社説 しゃせつ — editorial
  • 商社 しょうしゃ — trading company
  • 入社 にゅうしゃ — entry to a company
  • 社交 しゃこう — social life

Stroke order · 7 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7

Strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

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