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Public Things 訟 ショウ Sue Accuse 訴訟(そしょう Litigation

Kanji
Onyomi ショウ
English sue, accuse
Examples 訴訟(そしょう): litigation; lawsuit
JLPT Level 1
Jouyou Grade S
Frequency 1061
Components 言: say
公: public; prince; official; governmental
Number of Strokes 11
Kanji Radical
Radical Number 149
Radical Strokes 7
Radical Reading こと・げん・ごんべん・ことば
Traditional Form (none)
Classification 形声 Phonetic
Keyword sue
Koohii Story 1 Take care what words you say in public lest you be sued.
Koohii Story 2 [+radical_tyro] Socrates was giving a speech in public. Things were going rather well, until his robe opened a bit and people saw his, well, not-public area. He was promptly sued for public indecency. Certain things shouldn´t be made public in public, you know?
RTK Index (new) 850

Tags: jlpt.n1, grades, kanjifreq1001-1500

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