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Readings

Kana: ショウ、はじかみ
Romaji: shō, hajikami
Kana
Romaji

Meaning

mountain ash

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  12
Radical Number:  75
Frequency: 
Grade: 
Skip Pattern:  1-4-8
Korean Reading:  cho
Chinese Reading:  jiao1
Unicode:  6912
JIS:  5C25

Indexes

Nelson Index: 2286
New Nelson Index: 2731
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 4a8.7
Four Corner Index: 4794.0
Japanese Names Index: 1619
Daikanwanjiten Index: 15029
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 6.0417

Words

(はじかみ)
ginger (Zingiber officinale); Japanese pepper (Zanthoxylum piperitum)
山椒 (さんしょう、さんしょ、サンショウ)
Japanese pepper (species of Sichuan pepper, Zanthoxylum piperitum); Japanese prickly ash
大山椒魚 (おおさんしょううお、オオサンショウウオ)
Japanese giant salamander (Andrias japonicus)
山椒魚 (さんしょううお)
salamander
胡椒入れ (こしょういれ)
pepper shaker
胡椒 (こしょう、コショウ)
pepper
唐辛子 (とうがらし、とんがらし、ばんしょう、トウガラシ)
capsicum (Capsicum annuum, esp. the cultivated chili peppers); chili pepper (chile, chilli); cayenne; red pepper; shichimi pepper
花椒 (かしょう)
Sichuan pepper (tree) (Zanthoxylum bungeanum); Chinese prickly-ash
塩胡椒 (しおこしょう)
salt and pepper
花椒塩 (ホワジャオイエン)
huajiaoyan; Sichuan pepper-salt
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