署

音読おんよみ: ショ

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画数かくすう: 13 strokes

部首ぶしゅ: 罒(あみがしら)

Meaning

Government Office / Signature / Station

  • 警察署けいさつしょ — police station
  • 署名しょめい — signature
  • 消防署しょうぼうしょ — fire station
  • 官署かんしょ — government office
  • 税務署ぜいむしょ — tax office
  • 署長しょちょう — station chief

署 combines the radical 罒 (“net”) with 者 (“person”), suggesting someone officially designated within a framework. It is widely used in public institutions, formal documentation, and official signage.

署名しょめいを おねがいします。
Please sign your name.

かれ消防署しょうぼうしょはたらいています。
He works at the fire station.

名
Creates
署名しょめい — signature
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