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Zach

Reading

Kana: シャク
Romaji: shaku
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

baron, peerage, court rank

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  17
Radical Number:  87
Frequency: 
Grade:  8
Skip Pattern:  2-4-13
Korean Reading:  jag
Chinese Reading:  jue2
Unicode:  7235
JIS:  3C5F

Indexes

Halpern Index: 2524
Nelson Index: 2830
New Nelson Index: 3514
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 5g12.1
Four Corner Index: 2074.6
Guide to Remembering Index: 1344
Gakken Index: 2021
Japanese Names Index: 2779
Daikanwanjiten Index: 19710P
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 7.0575
Remembering the kanji Index: 1463
Kodansha Compact Index: 1285
Kanji in Context Index: 1875
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 1611
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 2197
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 1475
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 1573
Essential Kanji Index: 1875
Kodansha Kanji Index: 3143
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 2048
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 1873

Words

(しゃく、さく)
jue (ancient 3-legged Chinese wine pitcher, usu. made of bronze); peerage (hereditary title bestowed by the emperor)
男爵 (だんしゃく)
baron; Irish cobbler (variety of potato)
侯爵 (こうしゃく)
marquis; marquess
子爵 (ししゃく)
viscount
授爵 (じゅしゃく)
elevation to peerage
伯爵 (はくしゃく)
count; earl
公爵 (こうしゃく)
prince; duke
爵位 (しゃくい)
peerage; court rank
叙爵 (じょしゃく)
conferring a peerage
天爵 (てんしゃく)
true merit; natural nobility
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