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

Readings

Kana: シャ、やしろ
Romaji: sha, yashiro
Kana
Romaji

Name Reading

Kana: こそ
Romaji: koso
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

company, firm, office, association, shrine

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  7
Radical Number:  113
Frequency:  21
Grade:  2
Skip Pattern:  1-4-3
Korean Reading:  sa
Chinese Reading:  she4
Unicode:  793e
JIS:  3C52

Indexes

Halpern Index: 840
Nelson Index: 3231
New Nelson Index: 4065
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 4e3.1
Four Corner Index: 3421.0
Guide to Remembering Index: 137
Gakken Index: 30
Japanese Names Index: 406
Daikanwanjiten Index: 24631P
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 8.0419
Remembering the kanji Index: 1092
Busy People Index: 2.1
Kanji Way Index: 82
Kanji Flashcards Index: 76
Kodansha Compact Index: 1418
Read Writing Kanji Third Index: 153
Kanji in Context Index: 60
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 562
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 745
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 1101
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 1173
Essential Kanji Index: 203
Kodansha Kanji Index: 1042
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 672
Read Writing the Kanji Index: 234
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 145

Words

(やしろ)
shrine (usually Shinto)
株式会社 (かぶしきがいしゃ)
public company; corporation; KK; formula for an incorporated public company
社会 (しゃかい)
society; public; community; the world; social studies
社長 (しゃちょう)
company president; manager; director
子会社 (こがいしゃ)
subsidiary (company)
(しゃ)
company; association; society; regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); counter for companies, shrines, etc.
会社 (かいしゃ)
company; corporation; workplace
神社 (じんじゃ)
Shinto shrine
社名 (しゃめい)
name of company
社員 (しゃいん)
company employee; company stockholders (esp. in legal contexts); members of a corporation
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