署
signature, govt office, police station
Readings
On'yomi
- ショ
Kun'yomi
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Meaning
署 centers on an official place where records are kept and signed: a government office or police station. The signature sense comes from the act of signing official documents in such a setting.
Most common words using 署
20 of 53- 署しょN2
station (esp. a police station); office (e.g. tax office)
- 署名しょめいN3
signature; autograph
- 部署ぶしょN1
one's post; one's station; department; bureau; section
- 署長しょちょう
chief (of police); head (of office)
- 税務署ぜいむしょN2
tax office
- 消防署しょうぼうしょN2
fire station
- 署員しょいん
staff member; station employee; official
- 同署どうしょ
the (above-mentioned) authorities; police (from said station)
- 分署ぶんしょ
substation; branch office
- 労基署ろうきしょ
Labour Standards Inspection Office (abbr)
- 本署ほんしょ
police headquarters; main office; this office
- 警察署けいさつしょ
police station
- 営林署えいりんしょ
forest service field office
- 支署ししょ
substation
- 副署ふくしょ
countersignature
- インターネット署名インターネットしょめい
online petition
- ディジタル署名ディジタルしょめい
digital signature
- デジタル署名デジタルしょめい
digital signature
- デジタル署名アルゴリズムデジタルしょめいアルゴリズム
digital signature algorithm
- ネット署名ネットしょめい
online petition
Study
Etymology
署 combines 罒 (net) and 者 (person/thing), originally suggesting a place where things are arranged or recorded. The modern meanings of office and signature developed from the idea of an official place for documentation.
Meaning mnemonic
The top 罒 looks like a net or grid, like the organized shelves of an office. The bottom 者 suggests a person or thing. Picture a person working at a desk in a government office, signing documents under a grid-like organizational chart.
Reading mnemonic
For ショ, imagine a police officer showing their badge at the station: show -> ショ, and the officer is at the 署.