Kanji 章

音読おんよみ: ショウ

訓読くんよみ: none *

画数かくすう: 11

部首ぶしゅ: たつ(立)

Meaning

Chapter / Badge / Composition

  • しょう — chapter / section
  • 文章ぶんしょう — passage / writing
  • 憲章けんしょう — charter
  • 勲章くんしょう — medal / decoration
  • 楽章がくしょう — movement (of a symphony)
  • 校章こうしょう — school badge

The kanji 章 combines 音 (sound) on top and 立 (to stand) below. Originally, it suggested a marked or distinguished segment of a composition — used in both writing and music. It came to mean “chapter” or “section,” and is used widely for titles, awards, or divisions of content.

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