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諸

various
Stroke count: 15

Readings

On readingショ
Kun readingもろ
JLPT level: N2JōyōGrade 6

Meanings

  1. variousRtK
  2. many
  3. several
  4. together

Radicals and components

Radical言speech訁variant
Components
How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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say (言) · words (言) · keitai · mouth (口) · someone · puppet · sooty · old man · sun (日) · day (日)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1351

Compound words

諸君しょくん
you (people); gentlemen; ladies and gentlemen; my friends; everyone
諸国しょこく
various countries; various regions; various provinces
諸島しょとう
archipelago; group of islands
諸々もろもろ
various, all sorts of, sundry
諸にもろに
completely
諸元しょげん
various factors or elements
諸侯しょこう
feudal lords
諸氏しょし
(all of) you or them
諸刃もろは
double-edged (e.g. sword blade)
諸道しょどう
(artistic) accomplishments
諸般しょはん
various, all sorts of
諸彦しょげん
many accomplished persons
諸膝もろひざ
both knees
諸外国しょがいこく
foreign countries, overseas nations
諸器械しょきかい
various appliances
諸事情しょじじょう
various circumstances, various reasons
諸問題しょもんだい
various problems, multiple issues
欧州諸国おうしゅうしょこく
European countries
欧米諸国おうべいしょこく
Western countries
近隣諸国きんりんしょこく
neighboring countries
三百諸侯さんびゃくしょこう
all daimyo
周辺諸国しゅうへんしょこく
surrounding countries
諸教混淆しょきょうこんこう
syncretism
諸刃の剣もろはのつるぎ
double-edged sword

On Reading Examples

諸設備の費用は払っていただきます。しょ
You have to pay for utilities.tatoeba

Additional Examples

発展途上諸国と先進諸国が協力すれば戦争の勃発を防ぐことができる。
The developing world and the developed world can prevent a war from breaking out by helping each other.tatoeba
発展途上国は財政問題で諸々の困難に苦しんでいる。
Developing countries suffer from difficulties of fiscal problems.tatoeba
日本は石油をアラブ諸国に頼っている。
Japan relies on Arab countries for oil.tatoeba
日本は西洋諸国との接触を必要とした。
Japan needed contact with the Western countries.tatoeba

Stroke Order

15 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 諸

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