ショウ, め.す
seduce, call, send for, wear, put on, ride in, buy, eat, drink, catch (cold)

This kanji has 5 strokes: 2 in the "sword" radical (かたな) and 3 other strokes.

Sample compounds (15) :


  1. しょう
    call, send for, wear, put on, take (a bath), ride in, buy, eat, drink, catch (a cold)

  2. めす
    to call, to send for, to put on, to wear, to take (a bath), to ride in, to buy, to eat, to drink, to catch (a cold)

  3. おめし
    summons, call, dressing, clothing, striped crepe
  4. 使
    めしつかい
    servant, menial
  5. れる
    めしいれる
    to call in
  6. げる
    めしあげる
    to forfeit, to confiscate, to call out

  7. おうしょう
    being called to the colours (mil)
  8. える
    めしかかえる
    to employ, to engage

  9. めしとる
    to arrest, to apprehend

  10. めしかえ
    change of clothes

  11. しょうぼ
    levy, enlistment

  12. しょうせい
    (vs) calling together, invitation

  13. しょうかん
    recall

  14. しょうしゅう
    (vs) calling together (e.g. parliament)
  15. める
    めしあつめる
    to call together
Kanji Character : 召
Kuten Encoding : 3004
SJIS Encoding : 3e24
Unicode Encoding : 53ec
Old Nelson Index : 668
Radical Number : 18
Classical Radical Number : 30
Frequency Ranking : 1469
Gakken Index : 1473
Grade Level : 8
Halpern Index : 2001
Heisig Index : 86
Henshall Index : 1387
New Nelson Index : 695
O'Neil Index : 152
Stroke Count : 5
Spahn & Hadamitzky Kanji Dictionary Index : 2f3.3
Spahn & Hadamitzky Radical Strokes : 2
Spahn & Hadamitzky Other Strokes : 3
Spahn & Hadamitzky Character ID : f
Spahn & Hadamitzky kanji Number : 3
Spahn & Hadamitzky Kanji & Kana Index : 995
SKIP Code : 2-2-3
De Roo Code : 3577
Four Corner Code : 1760.2
Korean reading : jo
Pinyin reading : zhao1
Morohashi Index String : 3241
Morohashi Volume and Page String : 2.0751
Morohashi Index Number : 3241
Morohashi Page : 751
Morohashi Volume : 2
Dictionary Codes
  1. R3577
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