抄
extract, selection, summary, copy, spread thin
Readings
On'yomi
- ショウ
Kun'yomi
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Nanori
- さ
- り
Meaning
抄 centers on taking a small, selected part from a larger whole: extracting a passage, making a summary or copy, or spreading something thin by taking only a little.
Most common words using 抄
20 of 27- 抄しょう
excerpt; extract
- 抄訳しょうやく
abridged translation
- 抄録しょうろく
quotation; abstract; selection; summary
- 抄本しょうほん
excerpt; abridgment; abridgement; book of selections
- 偏向抄録へんこうしょうろく
selective abstract; slanted abstract
- 十訓抄じっきんしょう
A Miscellany of Ten Maxims (Kamakura period collection of writing)
- 厚顔抄こうがんしょう
Kogansho (1691 commentary on the songs of the Kojiki and Nihon Shoki; by Keichu)
- 史記抄しきしょう
commentary on Shiki
- 名義抄みょうぎしょう
Myōgishō (abbr. of Ruijū Myōgishō, a Japanese-Chinese character dictionary from the late Heian Period)
- 和名抄わみょうしょう
Wamyōruijushō (famous Heian-period Japanese dictionary)
- 報知抄録ほうちしょうろく
informative abstract
- 愚管抄ぐかんしょう
Gukanshō (1220 historical treatise by Jien); A Selection of the Opinions of a Fool
- 戸籍抄本こせきしょうほん
official copy of part of family register
- 手抄しゅしょう
excerption; manual copying; excerpt
- 抄出しょうしゅつ
taking excerpts; extraction
- 抄物しょうもの
Muromachi-period texts or annotations of texts used in Zen lectures
- 抄紙しょうし
papermaking; paper-making; paper making
- 抄読会しょうどくかい
journal club; gathering to read and discuss papers, articles, books, etc.
- 抄造しょうぞう
sheet forming; papermaking
- 抄録ページしょうろくページ
abstract page
Study
Etymology
抄 combines 扌 (hand) with 少 (few, little), suggesting a hand selecting or taking a small amount. This fits the core idea of extracting or summarizing.
Meaning mnemonic
A hand 扌 taking only a little 少: imagine picking out just the key lines from a page to make a summary or copy.
Reading mnemonic
For ショウ, picture a hand extracting a short show from a long script: show -> ショウ, and the hand picks only the best parts.