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This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

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Reading

Kana: ショウ
Romaji: shō
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

name of Chinese river, the Sagami river

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  12
Radical Number:  85
Frequency:  1909
Grade:  9
Skip Pattern:  1-3-9
Korean Reading:  sang
Chinese Reading:  xiang1
Unicode:  6e58
JIS:  3E45

Indexes

New Nelson Index: 3216
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 3a9.9
Four Corner Index: 3610.0
Daikanwanjiten Index: 17842
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 7.0129
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 556
Kodansha Kanji Index: 742