あき
ショウ, あきら, あや, ふみ
badge, chapter, composition, poem, design

This kanji has 11 strokes: 9 in the "sound" radical (おと) and 2 other strokes.

Sample compounds (16) :


  1. しょう
    section, medal

  2. きゅうしょう
    ancient laws

  3. いんしょう
    stamp, seal

  4. ひょうしょう
    (vs) expressing, making clear (someones virtues)

  5. もしょう
    sign of mourning

  6. ぜんしょう
    prior chapter

  7. じしょう
    following chapter

  8. かいしょう
    circular, circulating letter

  9. けんしょう
    charter

  10. ぼうしょう
    cap badge

  11. かいしょう
    circular, circulating letter

  12. こうしょう
    school badge

  13. がくしょう
    (musical) movement

  14. もんしょう
    crest, coat of arms

  15. わんしょう
    arm band

  16. きしょう
    medal, badge, insignia
Kanji Character : 章
Kuten Encoding : 3047
SJIS Encoding : 3e4f
Unicode Encoding : 7ae0
Old Nelson Index : 5112
Radical Number : 180
Classical Radical Number : 117
Frequency Ranking : 960
Gakken Index : 967
Grade Level : 3
Halpern Index : 2117
Heisig Index : 433
Henshall Index : 318
New Nelson Index : 4235
O'Neil Index : 1461
Stroke Count : 11
Spahn & Hadamitzky Kanji Dictionary Index : 5b6.3
Spahn & Hadamitzky Radical Strokes : 5
Spahn & Hadamitzky Other Strokes : 6
Spahn & Hadamitzky Character ID : b
Spahn & Hadamitzky kanji Number : 3
Spahn & Hadamitzky Kanji & Kana Index : 857
SKIP Code : 2-2-9
De Roo Code : 455
Four Corner Code : 0040.6
Korean reading : jang
Pinyin reading : zhang1
Morohashi Index String : 25761
Morohashi Volume and Page String : 8.0706
Morohashi Index Number : 25761
Morohashi Page : 706
Morohashi Volume : 8
Missclassification Codes
  1. PP2-5-6
Dictionary Codes
  1. R455
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