12 strokes
Kentei exam level 1

high and flat, broad, spacious

Kun'yomi
  • たか
  • ほがらか
  • ひろ
On'yomi
  • ショウ
Nanori
  • たかし

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Character Breakdown

high and flat, broad, spacious
ショウ たか.い ほが.らか (Kentei 1)
esteem, furthermore, still
ショウ なお たか (9th, N1)
desert, border prairie, the 1st form is radical 13
キョウ ケイ まきがまえ
upside-down box radical (no. 13)
キョウ ケイ (Kentei 1)
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)
strike, hit, folding chair radical variant (no. 66)
ホク (Kentei 1)
person(人) variant
mow, cut grass, subdue
ガイ ゲ おさ.める (Kentei 1)

Contained In

References

Unicode hex code 655E
JIS X 0208 1-58-40
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 2348
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 1688
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 13246
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 4i8.2
Four corner code 9824.0