Kanji N1

唱: chant, recite, call upon

唱 is a JLPT N1 kanji meaning chant, recite, call upon, written with 11 strokes. It is read ショウ (on) and となえる (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 4. You will see it in 合唱 (がっしょう, singing together) and 唱える (となえる, to recite).

唱

Meanings

  • chant
  • recite
  • call upon
  • yell
Strokes11
JLPT levelN1
School gradeGrade 4
Frequency#1123 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • ショウ

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • となえる

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

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Every stroke in order, the live one in vermilion. Replay as often as you like.

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Common words with 唱

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 合唱がっしょう

    singing together; singing in union; chorus

    JLPT N1
  • 唱えるとなえる

    to recite; to chant

    JLPT N1
  • 提唱ていしょう

    advocacy; proposal

  • 歌唱かしょう

    song; singing

  • 合唱団がっしょうだん

    chorus group; choir

  • 斉唱せいしょう

    singing in unison; chanting in unison

  • 唱歌しょうか

    singing; song

  • 独唱どくしょう

    vocal solo

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY.