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荘 Counter for games of mahjong - Japanese Dictionary Lookup
荘
English: Counter for games of mahjong
Onyomi:
ソウ
ショウ
チャン
Kunyomi:
ほうき
おごそか
Nanori: そ
Romaji:
chan
sou
shou
chan
houki
ogosoka
Radical: 艸
Kanji: 荘 (9 Strokes)
JLPT Level: JLPT 1
Frequency Rank: 1489
Part of Speech: suffix
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Different Meanings:

Noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

すいめいそう :: 翠明荘 Suimeiso (hotel and restaurant chain - suimeiso.co.jp)

せっかそう :: 石家荘 Shijiazhuang (China)

マージャンそう :: マージャン荘 Mahjong parlor

マージャンそう :: マージャン荘 Mahjong parlour

マージャンそう :: 麻雀荘 Mahjong parlor

マージャンそう :: 麻雀荘 Mahjong parlour

チャンフォンパイ :: 荘風牌 Tile matching the round wind

べっそうばん :: 別荘番 Caretaker of a villa

ハンチャン :: 半荘 Half-game consisting of an east and south round

しょうかん :: 荘官 Village headman (Edo period)

しょうかん :: 荘官 Administrator of a manor

たどころ :: 田荘 Private farm estates from before the Taika reform

たどころ :: 田荘 Farmland

べっそうち :: 別荘地 Area of villas

べっそうち :: 別荘地 Area of holiday homes

しょう :: 荘 Villa

しょう :: 荘 Manor

そうごんかれい :: 荘厳華麗 Majestic and splendid

ろうそうしそう :: 老荘思想 Taoism

ろうそうしそう :: 老荘思想 Philosophy of Lao-tse and Chuang-tse

あさまさんそうじけん :: あさま山荘事件 Asama-Sanso incident (hostage crisis and police siege; February 1972)

あさまさんそうじけん :: 浅間山荘事件 Asama-Sanso incident (hostage crisis and police siege; February 1972)

レンチャン :: 連荘 Dealer keep

レンチャン :: 連荘 Dealer continuing as dealer and east after winning

レンチャン :: 連荘 Straight

レンチャン :: 連荘 Streak

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.)

しんはそうごんよりおこる :: 信は荘厳より起こる Belief comes from solemnity (i.e. from seeing an ornate temple)

しんはそうごんよりおこる :: 信は荘厳より起こる The outside shapes the inside

しんはそうごんよりおこる :: 信は荘厳より起こる Function follows form

Suffix

チャン :: 荘 Counter for games of mahjong

Using 荘 in sentences:

(Japanese) 別荘を買うようなお金はないよ。

(English) I don't have enough money to buy a second home. I can't afford to buy a vacation home.

(Japanese) その別荘は海から歩いてたったの５分だ。

(English) The villa is only a five minutes walk from the beach.

(Japanese) かつて、荘子は蝶になる夢を見たが、目を覚ました時には、それが蝶になる夢を見た荘子だったのか、それとも目下荘子になった夢を見ている蝶だったのか、確信がもてなかった。

(English)

(Japanese) 別荘にもどって、三時のおやつ。

(English) Returned to the villa, afternoon snack.

(Japanese) この別荘の持ち主は誰ですか。

(English) Who owns this villa?

How do you say Counter for games of mahjong in Japanese?

Answer: 荘

How many kanji strokes does 荘 have?

Answer: 9

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