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社 = 礻 + 土
社 is a Japanese kanji written with 7 strokes, listed here under the keyword “company”. It is built from 礻 (leftside altar) and 土 (soil). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1173.
- Keyword
- company
- RTK frame
- 1173
- Strokes
- 7
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- シャ
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- やしろ
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- компания
- Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
- 社 god of the soil and altars to him
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 社 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “leftside altar” + “soil”. 社 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 社 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.