N5 Kanji Course

Teacher

Marshall

Kanji 32: 社

Meaning:

In Japanese, 社 means “community”.

How to read it:

Kunyomi	Not often used
Onyomi	しゃ

How to write it:

Origin:

The original meaning of 社 is the God of land.
If your community want to live happily,
you need the God of land to bless you.
So 社 stands for “community” now.

Development:

Vocabulary:

Level	Word	Reading	Meaning
Basic	会社	かいしゃ	company
Basic	社会	しゃかい	society
Basic	社長	しゃちょう	president
Basic	神社	じんじゃ	shrine
Inter	社員	しゃいん	employee
Inter	入社	にゅうしゃ	joining the company
Inter	本社	ほんしゃ	head office
Inter	社内	しゃない	in the company
Adv	社債	しゃさい	corporate bond
Adv	社交	しゃこう	socializing
Adv	他社	たしゃ	other company
Adv	自社	じしゃ	in-house
Adv	商社	しょうしゃ	trading company
H_Adv	社名	しゃめい	company name
H_Adv	社外	しゃがい	outside the company
H_Adv	社宅	しゃたく	company housing
H_Adv	当社	とうしゃ	our company
H_Adv	支社	ししゃ	branch office
H_Adv	退社	たいしゃ	leaving the company
H_Adv	出社	しゅっしゃ	coming to work
Others	社風	しゃふう	corporate culture
Others	貴社	きしゃ	your company
Others	弊社	へいしゃ	our company
Others	社是	しゃぜ	company motto