哨
scout, sentinel
Readings
On'yomi
- ショウ
Kun'yomi
- みはり
Meaning
哨 centers on watching and guarding: a scout or sentinel who keeps watch, often from a high or forward position.
Most common words using 哨
20 of 25- 哨戒しょうかい
patrol (with ships or aircraft); patrolling
- 前哨ぜんしょう
outpost
- 歩哨ほしょう
sentry; sentinel
- 哨吶チャルメラ
shawm-like instrument played by street vendors (sometimes referred to as a flute)
- 前哨戦ぜんしょうせん
(preliminary) skirmish
- 全般前哨ぜんぱんぜんしょう
general outpost; GOP
- 全般前哨線ぜんぱんぜんしょうせん
general outpost line
- 前哨勤務ぜんしょうきんむ
outpost duty
- 前哨地ぜんしょうち
outpost
- 前哨線ぜんしょうせん
scouting line
- 前哨騎兵ぜんしょうきへい
outpost cavalry
- 哨兵しょうへい
sentry
- 哨吶さない
suona (Chinese shawm)
- 哨吶草チャルメルそう
Mitella stylosa (species of miterwort)
- 哨戒機しょうかいき
patrol plane
- 哨戒艇しょうかいてい
patrol boat
- 哨戒艦艇しょうかいかんてい
military patrol boat
- 哨所しょうしょ
sentry post; guard post
- 哨舎しょうしゃ
sentry box
- 対潜哨戒機たいせんしょうかいき
antisubmarine patrol plane
Study
Etymology
哨 combines 口 (mouth) with 肖, which likely contributes the sound and may relate to a small or pointed shape, suggesting a person using their mouth to call out while watching.
Meaning mnemonic
A mouth 口 beside 肖, which looks like a small pointed watchtower: a sentinel shouting a warning from a high post.
Reading mnemonic
For ショウ, imagine a scout on a showboat keeping watch: show -> ショウ, and the sentinel calls out from the deck.