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署

signature
Stroke count: 13

Readings

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JōyōGrade 6KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. signatureRtK
    彼は小切手に署名した。He signed the check.tatoeba
    彼は書類に署名せざるを得なかった。He was forced to sign the document.tatoeba
  2. govt office
  3. police station
  1. autograph

Popular Usage

署名消防署

Radicals and components

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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

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 署

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