しょ

noun

  1. Chinese lizard's tail (Saururus chinensis).
  2. 11th day after the summer solstice, last seed-sowing and rice-planting day.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
しょ
半夏生 はんげしょう
 
 
 
 
ショ
 
ハンゲショウ

Contained Kanji Breakdown

half, middle, odd number
ハン なか.ば は (2nd, N5)
grass, straw, herbs
to divide
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
ten
ジュウ ジッ ジュッ (1st, N5)
summer
なつ ゲ カ (2nd, N4)
neck(首) variant
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
oneself
ジ みずか.ら おの.ずから (2nd, N4)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
eye, class, look
め モク ボク (1st, N4)
late, delayed, winter radical (no. 34)
チ しゅう (Kentei 1)
life, genuine, birth
セイ い.きる う.まれる (1st, N5)