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).
社
sha
company
会
社
kaisha
company
社
長
shachou
company president
社
会
shakai
society
当
社
tousha
our company
同
社
dousha
the same company
社
内
shanai
within a company
自
社
jisha
one's own company
本
社
honsha
head office
出
社
shussha
going to work
入
社
nyuusha
joining a company
公
社
kousha
public corporation
子
会
社
kogaisha
subsidiary
社
交
shakou
socializing
社
外
shagai
outside the company
朝
日
新
聞
社
asahishinbunsha
Asahi Shimbun Company
社
名
shamei
company name
親
会
社
oyagaisha
parent company
社
員
shain
company employee
神
社
jinja
Shinto shrine
他
社
tasha
another company
正
社
員
seishain
regular employee
商
社
shousha
trading company
各
社
kakusha
each company
社
説
shasetsu
editorial
集
英
社
shuueisha
Shueisha
講
談
社
koudansha
Kodansha
退
社
taisha
leaving the office
社
団
shadan
association
支
社
shisha
branch office
株
式
会
社
kabushikigaisha
corporation
社
会
党
shakaitou
Socialist Party
新
潮
社
shinchousha
Shinchosha
社
民
党
shamintou
Social Democratic Party
弊
社
heisha
our company
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.