Kanji1 / 7
社 kanji
company, firm, office, association, shrine
- JLPT level
- N4 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 7
- School grade
- Grade 2 (elementary school)
Practice writing
Choose this kanji to write on five sheets. Save your practice to revisit it in My writing.
On readings
シャ
Kun readings
やしろ
Variant forms
社Words with 社
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —千社札slips of paper posted on shrine pillars by pilgrims
- —葬儀社undertaker's office; funeral home; funeral parlor
- —会社葬company funeral
- —社会層stratum of society
- —社長室president's office; director's office
- —船会社steamship (shipping) company
- —社内外inside and outside the company
- —会社名company name; corporate name
- —大会社large company; major corporation; company with over 500 million yen in capital or over 20 billion yen in liabilities
- —分社化company split-up; spinning off of a separate company
- —平社員rank-and-file member of staff; ordinary employee; low-grade employee
- —わが社our company; my company
- —探偵社detective agency
- —鎮守社Shinto shrine on Buddhist temple grounds dedicated to the tutelary deity of the area
- —当社比compared to our company's products (a phrase often used in advertising when comparing old and new products); in this company's comparison; as I see it; by my estimate
- —雑誌社magazine (company)
- —入社式(company's) initiation or welcoming ceremony
- —社説面editorial page
- —卸会社wholesale company; wholesaler
- —勅祭社shrine whose rituals are attended by an imperial envoy (who presents offerings)