しょう

See also: じょう

Japanese

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of しょう – see the following entry.

【背負う】 [verb] [from 1278] to be burdened with, to carry on back or shoulder

(This term, しょう, is the hiragana spelling of the above term.) For a list of all kanji read as しょう, see Category:Japanese kanji read as しょう.)

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of しょう – see the following entries.

【小】1 [noun] smallness; small size, small (sometimes used as an abbreviation for small serving, etc.) [noun] Short for 小の月 (shō no tsuki). [noun] (historical) during the Kamakura and Muromachi periods, a unit of field area equal to around 400 square metres (Can we verify(+) this sense?) [prefix] small, little [suffix] suffix after names of elementary schools [proper noun] a surname

【正】1 [prefix] (history) "senior" ranking for 位 (-i, “Japanese courtier rank”) [prefix] 正: exactly (of a number) [adjective] proper; straight, direct; genuine, true [numeral] ten-duodecillion (1040)

【生】1 [affix] life; lifetime

【声】2 [noun] voice, speech [noun] tone [noun] variation of stress in pronunciation [noun] tone mark

【昭】3 [affix] bright [affix] enlightened, glorious

【商】3 [noun] dealing, dealer, merchant [noun] (arithmetic) quotient

【章】3 [noun] chapter; section [noun] badge

【相】3 [suffix] minister of state

【勝】3 [noun] win, victory [counter] wins, victories

【省】4 [noun] ministry, government department, office [noun] Chinese province [prefix] -saving, conservation [suffix] ministry

【象】5 [noun] likeness, appearance

【証】5 [noun] proof, verification [noun] (Buddhism) enlightenment [noun] (traditional Chinese medicine) symptoms

【招】5 [kanji] invitation; to invite

【賞】5 [noun] prize [suffix] prize, award

【性】5 [noun] the nature of something

【承】6 [noun] consent

【将】6 [noun] a commander [noun] a general, admiral, or other high-ranking officer, especially of the Japan Self-Defense Forces [noun] (historical) a rank in the 近衛府 (Konoe-fu, “office of the imperial guard during the Nara period”) [affix] commander, general, leader [affix] military rank [affix] take, hold [affix] from now on, in the future [proper noun] a female given name

【宵】S [affix] night [affix] time after sunset until midnight

【肖】S [kanji] image; likeness

【床】S [noun] sickbed [counter] beds Alternative spelling 牀

【升】S [noun] a unit of volume, equal to 10 合 (gō) or about 1.8 liters

【荘】S [suffix] manor Alternative spelling 庄

【症】S [suffix] (medicine) attached to the names of conditions

【匠】S [noun] worker

【鐘】S [noun] bell

【姓】S [noun] (uncommon) surname, family name [noun] (uncommon) clan

【祥】S [noun] an omen of good fortune or happiness [noun] a sign of good or bad luck [noun] This term needs a translation to English. [proper noun] a female given name [proper noun] a surname

【称】S [noun] name; reputation

【詔】S [noun] imperial edict

【衝】S [noun] (astronomy) opposition

【請】S [noun] request

【礁】S [noun] reef

【庄】J [proper noun] a male given name

【翔】J [proper noun] a male given name

【笙】J [noun] a free-reed woodwind musical instrument used in Japanese court music, consisting of a mouthpiece and seventeen pipes, each similar to an organ pipe

【頌】J [noun] eulogy

【鈔】H [noun] an excerpt, an extract (writing) [noun] an annotation [noun] a unit of volume, equal to one tenth of a 勺 (shaku) and one hundredth of a 合 (gō), or approximately 1.8 millilitres Alternative spelling 抄

【妾】H [noun] concubine [pronoun] (humble, feminine) I, me

【簫】H [noun] xiao, a vertically blown Chinese flute

【鍾】H [noun] bronze jar used for storing alcohol

【鉦】H [noun] gong

【掌】S [suffix] (martial arts) used in the names of moves that involve hitting and pushing hard with the palm

【兄鷹】 [noun] a small hawk [noun] a male hawk [noun] musket, male sparrowhawk

【少輔】 [noun] junior assistant minister in Ritsuryō

【諸有】 [noun] (Buddhism) the state of being alive

(This term, しょう, is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.) For a list of all kanji read as しょう, see Category:Japanese kanji read as しょう.)