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社 やしろ company, firm, office, association, shrine 5 21 7 113 しめす・しめすへん 形声 Phonetic When you enter a Japanese company it´s like you join a cult... your workdesk becomes your altar and you worship the very soil the office is built on.

Accepted Answer

シャ こそ 会社(かいしゃ): (1) company; corporation (2) workplace社会(しゃかい): society; public社長(しゃちょう): company president; manager; director商社(しょうしゃ): trading company; firm入社(にゅうしゃ): entry to a company新聞社(しんぶんしゃ): newspaper company神社(じんじゃ): Shinto shrine社説(しゃせつ): editorial; leading article社会科学(しゃかいかがく): social science社交(しゃこう): social life; social intercourse社宅(しゃたく): company owned house出社(しゅっしゃ): going to work (e.g. in the morning); coming to work社(やしろ): shrine (usually Shinto)社(しゃ): (1) company; association; society (2) regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour) (3) counter for companies, shrines, etc. 2 示: show; indicate; point out; express; display土: soil; earth; ground; Turkey 示 5 社 company Some Japanese companies, including Toyota, have a Shinto shrine on their grounds to bring luck and prosperity to the company and its employees.

Kanji	社
Onyomi	シャ
Kunyomi	やしろ
Nanori	こそ
English	company, firm, office, association, shrine
Examples	会社(かいしゃ): (1) company; corporation (2) workplace 社会(しゃかい): society; public 社長(しゃちょう): company president; manager; director 商社(しょうしゃ): trading company; firm 入社(にゅうしゃ): entry to a company 新聞社(しんぶんしゃ): newspaper company 神社(じんじゃ): Shinto shrine 社説(しゃせつ): editorial; leading article 社会科学(しゃかいかがく): social science 社交(しゃこう): social life; social intercourse 社宅(しゃたく): company owned house 出社(しゅっしゃ): going to work (e.g. in the morning); coming to work 社(やしろ): shrine (usually Shinto) 社(しゃ): (1) company; association; society (2) regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour) (3) counter for companies, shrines, etc.
JLPT Level	5
Jouyou Grade	2
Frequency	21
Components	示: show; indicate; point out; express; display 土: soil; earth; ground; Turkey
Number of Strokes	7
Kanji Radical	示
Radical Number	113
Radical Strokes	5
Radical Reading	しめす・しめすへん
Traditional Form	社
Classification	形声 Phonetic
Keyword	company
Koohii Story 1	When you enter a Japanese company it´s like you join a cult... your workdesk becomes your altar and you worship the very soil the office is built on.
Koohii Story 2	Some Japanese companies, including Toyota, have a Shinto shrine on their grounds to bring luck and prosperity to the company and its employees.

Company Shrine Social 社 Shinto Work Built Japanese