Japanese Kanji

shaku

baron · peerage · court rank

Secondary school · JLPT N1 · 17 strokes

Readings

  • ONシャクshaku

Meaning

Baron, peerage, court rank.

Stroke order for 爵

爵 is part of the secondary school jōyō kanji — the full set of characters used in everyday Japanese. In the JLPT proficiency test it appears at N1 (advanced) level. With 17 strokes, this character appears in numerous compound words throughout written Japanese.

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