しやう

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of しやう – see the following entries.

【商しょう】3

[noun] dealing, dealer, merchant

[noun] (arithmetic) quotient

【傷しょう】6

[affix] wound, injury

[affix] damage, harm

[affix] grief, sorrow

【省しょう】4

[noun] ministry, government department, office

[noun] Chinese province

[prefix] -saving, conservation

[suffix] ministry

【相しょう】3

[suffix] minister of state

【性しょう】5

[noun] the nature of something

【仕様しよう】

[noun] means, method

[noun] short for 仕様書 (shiyōsho, “spec, technical specification”)

【尚しょう】S

[affix] esteem, respect

[affix] high status

[affix] long time

[affix] furthermore, still, yet

[proper noun] a surname used by the Ryukyu royal family

[proper noun] a male or female given name

【正しょう】1

[prefix] (history) "senior" ranking for 位 (-i, “Japanese courtier rank”)

[prefix] 正: exactly (of a number)

[adjective] proper; straight, direct; genuine, true

[numeral] ten-duodecillion (10⁴⁰)

(This term, しやう (syau), is a historical kana spelling of the above terms.)
For a list of all kanji read as しやう, see Category:Japanese kanji read as しやう.)