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Kanji Information Sheet for 示 ( 
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| English: show indicate point out express display | On-Yomi: ジ シ | Kun-Yomi: しめ.す |
Bushu (Radical) Info: 示 (しめす) – show
Henshall Mnemonic: drops from altar sacrifice show will of gods
Levels: JLPT N3 | JLPT 2 (old) | Grade 5
Frequency: #237 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Frequency: #237 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Common Words and/or Phrases Using this Kanji:
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JLPT N3 Words
- 示す [しめす]
(v5s) to denote; to show; to point out; to indicate [K] [D] [Jisho] - 掲示 [けいじ]
(n,vs) notice; bulletin [K] [D] [Jisho]
JLPT N1 Words
- 指示 [しじ]
(n,vs) indication; instruction; directions [K] [D] [Jisho] - 提示 [ていじ]
(n,vs) presentation; exhibit; suggest; citation [K] [D] [Jisho] - 展示 [てんじ]
(n,vs) exhibition; display [K] [D] [Jisho] - 暗示 [あんじ]
(n,vs) hint; suggestion [K] [D] [Jisho]
Other Popular Words Not Classified by JLPT
- 図示 [ずし]
(n,vs) illustration; showing in graphic form or by diagram [K] [D] [Jisho] - 内示 [ないし]
(ok) (n,vs) unofficial announcement [K] [D] [Jisho] - 公示 [こうじ]
(n) edict; public announcement [K] [D] [Jisho] - 意思表示 [いしひょうじ]
(n) declaration of intention [K] [D] [Jisho] - 啓示 [けいじ]
(n) apocalypse; revelation [K] [D] [Jisho] - 展示会 [てんじかい]
(n) exhibition [K] [D] [Jisho] - 告示 [こくじ]
(n) notice; bulletin [K] [D] [Jisho] - 明示 [めいじ]
(n,vs) specification; explicitly state [K] [D] [Jisho] - 示し [しめし]
(n) discipline; revelation [K] [D] [Jisho] - 示唆 [しさ]
(n) suggestion; hint [K] [D] [Jisho] - 示談 [じだん]
(n) settlement out of court [K] [D] [Jisho] - 開示 [かいじ]
(n) disclosure (legal) [K] [D] [Jisho] - 表示 [ひょうじ]
(n,vs) indication; expression; display [K] [D] [Jisho] - 訓示 [くんじ]
(n) instruction; direction [K] [D] [Jisho] - 掲示板 [けいじばん]
(n) bulletin board; display board; clipboard [K] [D] [Jisho] - 指し示す [さししめす]
(v5s) to indicate; to show; to point to [K] [D] [Jisho] - 教示 [きょうじ]
(n,vs) instruction; teaching [K] [D] [Jisho] - 誇示 [こじ]
(n) ostentation; display [K] [D] [Jisho]
Acknowledgments
The sofware used to generate this kanji information uses the EDICT and KANJIDIC files. These files are the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group at Monash University and are used in conformance with the Group's license.NOTE: I converted the sources just mentioned years ago and have never really updated so there may be some missing or incorrect information that has been addressed in the original sources but not here.
The first Stroke Order image used on this page is courtesy of Ulrich Apel's excellent open source KanjiVG project. The second image is from the folks at the excellent Jisho Japanese-English dictionary site and it too is based on KanjiVG.
Classifying the kanji and popular vocabulary by the new JLPT levels was done by consulting Jonathan Waller‘s JLPT Resources page, renshuu, Wictionary, and Nihongo Ichiban.
The Henshall Mnemonics are the copyright of Tuttle Publishing and are the result of the hard work by Professor Henshall. See the list I used here.
If you are curious about the lexicography shown in the word definitions, visit the WWWJDIC abbreviations and codes guide and the JMdict/Edict Lexicographical details page.