荘
villa; inn; cottage; feudal manor; solemn; dignified
9 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school. Newspaper frequency rank 1489.
Readings
- ショウ (on reading): 荘 (しょう) manor; 荘園 (しょうえん) manor
- ソウ (on reading): 別荘 (べっそう) holiday house; 雀荘 (ジャンそう) mahjong parlour
- チャン (on reading): 一荘 (イーチャン) one full game (consisting of east, south, west, and north rounds); 半荘 (ハンチャン) half-game consisting of an east and south round
- ほうき (kun reading)
- おごそか (kun reading)
- Read as a whole word: 田荘 (たどころ) farmland
Components
Words using 荘
- 荘 (しょう) manor
- 荘園 (しょうえん) manor
- 荘官 (しょうかん) administrator of a manor
- 荘園制 (しょうえんせい) manorial system
- 荘厳 (しょうごん) decorating (a Buddhist statue or temple)
- 別荘 (べっそう) holiday house
- 雀荘 (ジャンそう) mahjong parlour
- 山荘 (さんそう) mountain villa
- 荘厳 (そうごん) solemn
- 荘重 (そうちょう) solemn
- 田荘 (たどころ) farmland
- 一荘 (イーチャン) one full game (consisting of east, south, west, and north rounds)
- 半荘 (ハンチャン) half-game consisting of an east and south round
- 荘風牌 (チャンフォンパイ) tile matching the round wind
28 words in all.