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Zach

荘

Readings

Kana: ソウ、ショウ、チャン、ほうき、おごそ.か
Romaji: sou, shō, chan, houki, ogoso.ka
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Romaji

Name Reading

Kana: そ
Romaji: so
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

villa, inn, cottage, feudal manor, solemn, dignified

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  9
Radical Number:  140
Frequency:  1489
Grade:  8
Skip Pattern:  2-3-6
Korean Reading:  jang
Chinese Reading:  zhuang1
Unicode:  8358
JIS:  4171

Indexes

Halpern Index: 2262
Nelson Index: 3938
New Nelson Index: 5031
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 3k6.12
Four Corner Index: 4411.4
Guide to Remembering Index: 1515
Gakken Index: 1208
Japanese Names Index: 933
Daikanwanjiten Index: 30890
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 9.0620
Remembering the kanji Index: 322
Kanji Flashcards Index: 1701
Kodansha Compact Index: 653
Kanji in Context Index: 1369
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 1449
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 1954
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 328
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 344
Essential Kanji Index: 1058
Kodansha Kanji Index: 2814
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 1972
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 1292

Words

荘 (チャン)
counter for games of mahjong
別荘 (べっそう)
holiday house; villa
山荘 (さんそう)
mountain villa; mountain retreat; mountain cottage
荘厳 (しょうごん)
adorning (a Buddhist statue)
別荘地造り (べっそうちずくり)
developing a villa site
荘 (しょう、そう)
manor
荘園 (しょうえん、そうえん)
manor; demesne
荘厳 (そうごん)
solemnity; gravity; impressiveness
荘司 (しょうじ)
administrator of a manor
連チャン (れんチャン、れんちゃん、レンチャン)
repeated events (meetings, drinking sessions, etc.); series of events; streak; extended game; successive games
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