JLPT N4 kanji. Readings, meaning, and how the character is built.
社 means company, firm, office. It is a JLPT N4 kanji written in 7 strokes, read しゃ or やしろ. It is built from 2 parts: 礻 (cult, showing radical (no. 113)), 土 (soil, earth). It appears in 会社 (company / corporation) and 社長 (president of a company).
社 is written in 7 strokes, in the order numbered below. Order matters: it is what makes handwriting legible, and it is how the character is looked up in a paper dictionary.
社 breaks into 2 parts.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 会社 | かいしゃ | company / corporation |
| 社長 | しゃちょう | president of a company |
| 神社 | じんじゃ | Shinto shrine |
These use 礻 or 土 too. The part keeps its job from one character to the next, which is what makes it worth learning once.
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