# しょう
## Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of しょう – see the following entries. :
| 【背負う】 | [verb] [from 1278] to be burdened with, to carry on back or shoulder Alternative spelling 負う |
| 【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 (10$^{40}$) |
| 【生】1 | [affix] life; lifetime |
| 【声】2 | [noun] a voice, speech [noun] a tone [noun] a variation of stress in pronunciation [noun] Short for 声点 (shōten): a tone mark (in Middle Chinese) [affix] voice, sound [affix] expression, speech [affix] tone (in Chinese linguistics) |
| 【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 | [affix] 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 | [affix] 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] skilled 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 male 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 (shō), 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.) :