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醤 means 'soy sauce'

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Strokes : 17    Frequency: 2575   Usefulness: 7    Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 8 words   Used in 35 words   Used in 8 names   Not used as a component
Hyōgaiji (表外字)
Common readings
On
   ショウ
Additional readings
Kun    ひしお a kind of miso
Variants
醬  
Components
⿱  将 commander  酉 sake flask  
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See also
奨 exhort  
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Most useful words by reading
醤 is not used in the most common form of any of the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese.
Across all words in Japanese, 醤 is used 17 times, read 2 ways (with 1 variation).
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ショウ : 11 words FIND ALL
noun
fried dish seasoned with soy sauce  (see also: 醤油; food term)
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ショウ (read as じょう) : 5 words FIND ALL
あ わ せ じ ょ う ゆ 4
noun
shoyu flavoured with katsuobushi broth; bonito-flavoured soy sauce
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ひしお : 1 word FIND ALL
ひ し お 0
noun
1. paste similar to miso made from koji mold and salt water
2. watery mash left over from making soy sauce
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An additional ショウ less common words include 醤 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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醤
ショウ    soy sauce; any jam/paste-like food; type of miso   
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将
ショウ    commander; soon   
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⺤
つめ claw; fingernail   
寸
スン   inch
丬
left side   じょう    しょう    
酉
sake flask   とり sign of the bird   
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西
セイ   サイ   にし west   
一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
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