しょう

noun

  1. temple bell.
  2. (in Japan) 7th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. G sharp).

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
しょう
鳧鐘 ふしょう

Contained Kanji Breakdown

wild duck, end, suffix
フ けり かも (Kentei 1)
bird, chicken
とり チョウ とっ (2nd, N4)
fire, fire radical (no. 86)
ヒョウ カ
table, table enclosure, table or windy radical (no. 16)
キ きにょう (Kentei 1)
bell, gong, chimes
かね ショウ (8th, N1)
gold
キン きむ かね (1st, N5)
whole, entire, all
ゼン すべ.て まった.く (3rd, N3)
person
ひと ニン ジン (1st, N5)
king, rule, magnate
オウ -ノウ おお (1st, N3)
to divide
juvenile, child
ドウ わらべ ぱ (3rd, N2)
stand up, rise, set up
た.つ リツ たつ (1st, N4)
kettle lid radical (no. 8)
トウ (Kentei 1)
grass, straw, herbs
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
ri, village, parent's home
さと リ さ (2nd)
rice field, rice paddy
た デン たん (1st, N4)
soil, earth, ground
ド つち は (1st, N5)