社 — company, firm, shrine
しゃ
社
company
Grade 2
Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school.
7 strokes
people
work
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.
Meanings
- company
- firm
- shrine
- society
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).
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.