社 — company, firm, shrine
しゃ
社
company
しゃ
U+793E
Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard.
Freq #21
Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common.
Heisig #1091
Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.
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Meanings
- company
- firm
- shrine
- society
Readings
- On'yomi
- しゃ sha
- Kun'yomi
- やしろ yashiro
word
しゃ ・じゃ sha On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).
Words by frequency and grade
74 wordsEach dot is a word containing 社: further left is more common, higher up needs a later school grade (the grade of its hardest kanji). Click a dot to open the word.
S = secondary school · 39 words have no frequency rank; they sit in the Unranked column.
Components
Composed of
Compound ideograph (会意). 示 (altar/spirit radical) beside 土 (earth). An altar of earth — a shrine. Extended to company and society.