Entry
  1. Noun

    company; firm; office; association; society

    Abbreviationsee 会社see 結社

    消息筋によると、○○社は東証一部への上場を準備している。
    According to informed sources, ____ Ltd. is preparing for the move up to the first section of the Tokyo Stock exchange.
  2. (Shinto) shrine

    Abbreviationsee 神社

  3. regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour)

  4. Counter

    counter for companies, shrines, etc.

  5. Noun

    incorporated body; corporation; corporate juridical person

    Abbreviationas (社) before organization namessee 社団法人

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Characters in this word

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company, firm, office, association, shrine

Kun
やしろ
On
シャ
Strokes
7
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N4
Frequency
21 of 2500
Radical
spirit
WaniKani
Level 5

Built from

Used in names as

こそ

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
1-4-3SKIP code
4e3.1The Kanji Dictionary
3421.0Four corner code
672deroo
793eUnicode hex code
1-28-50JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3231Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
4065New Nelson (John Haig)
840New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1042Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
562Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
745Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1092Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1173Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
30A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
406Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
203Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
24631PMorohashi
137A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
308Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
308Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
234sakade
76Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
153henshall3
145Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
82crowley
60Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.1busy_people
1418Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1101Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
she4Pinyin reading
saKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
5WaniKani level