11 strokes
Jinmeiyou kanji used in names
Kentei exam level Pre-1
JLPT exam level N1

victory, fast

Kun'yomi
  • fast ②early ③premature ④easy
On'yomi
  • ショウ
  • ソウ
Nanori
  • かつ

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

ショウ 100.0%

Character Breakdown

victory, fast
ショウ ソウ はや.い (Kentei Pre-1, N1)
hand, hand radical (no. 64)
シュ
snout, hand

References

Unicode hex code 6377
JIS X 0208 1-30-25
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 1938
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 2198
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 609
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha) 370
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 462
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2273
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 2372
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 1323
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 12216
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana 2079
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 3c8.4
Four corner code 5508.1