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署

Government Office
Stroke count: 13

Readings

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JōyōGrade 6Level 17

Verbs with «署»

署名する
  1. station (esp. a police station)
  2. office (e.g. tax office)

Popular Usage

署名消防署

Radicals and components

Radical网net
Components
How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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eye (目) · cross-eyed · net (网) · someone · puppet · sooty · old man · sun (日) · day (日)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1349

Compound words

署名しょめい
signature; autograph
消防署しょうぼうしょ
fire station
部署ぶしょ
one's post; one's station; department; bureau; section
署長しょちょう
chief (of police); head (of office)
署員しょいん
staff member; station employee; official
警察署けいさつしょ
police station
税務署ぜいむしょ
tax office
公署こうしょ
government office
代署だいしょ
sign for another
副署ふくしょ
countersignature
分署ぶんしょ
substation
営林署えいりんしょ
forest service field office
署名式しょめいしき
signing ceremony (for a law, treaty, etc.)
署名捺印しょめいなついん
adding one's signature and seal (to a document)
署名するしょめいする
to sign

Additional Examples

彼は署名集めで近所を歩き回った。
He went around the neighborhood collecting signatures.tatoeba
彼は自分の名前を署名することさえできなかった。
He could not so much as sign his own name.tatoeba

Stroke Order

13 strokes

Office; signature. 罒 (net) + 者 (people) — people assigned like a net over districts. 警察署 — police station.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 署

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