Kanji N2

諸: various, many, several

諸 is a JLPT N2 kanji meaning various, many, several, written with 15 strokes. It is read ショ (on) and もろ (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 6. You will see it in 諸君 (しょくん, you) and 諸 (しょ, various).

諸

Meanings

  • various
  • many
  • several
  • together
Strokes15
JLPT levelN2
School gradeGrade 6
Frequency#658 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • ショ

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

Kun reading
  • もろ

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

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Common words with 諸

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

  • 諸君しょくん

    you (people)

    JLPT N1
  • 諸しょ

    various; many; several

    JLPT N1
  • 諸にもろに

    completely; all the way; altogether; bodily

    JLPT N1
  • 諸国しょこく

    various countries; various regions

  • 諸島しょとう

    archipelago; group of islands

  • 諸般しょはん

    various; several

  • 諸悪しょあく

    various evils; every kind of evil; all evils

  • 諸々もろもろ

    all kinds of things; various things

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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.