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抄

extract, selection, summary, copy, spread thin

JLPTN1StatusJōyō · secondary schoolFrequencyTop 5,000Strokes7

Readings

On'yomi

  • ショウ

Kun'yomi

—

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

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  • 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

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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.