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Kotomora

哨

scout, sentinel

StatusJinmeiyōFrequencyTop 2,000Strokes10

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

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  • 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

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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.