| kanji | sound onyomi
kunyomi | meaning |
 | soh, (sa)
haya | early |
 | sa, cha | tea |
 | sa, sha | thin cloth made from cotton or linen. |
 | sa | assist, assistant of lord. |
 | sei, shoh,
saga | genial, gender |
 | sai,
tsuma
zuma | wife: There are several synonyms. |
 | sai,
hoso
zuma | slender, slim, thin, small |
 | sen
saki | foward, before |
 | san,
yama | mountain |
 | ju,
tsuma | wife:nowadays mostly used for place names. |
 | yoh,
sama | kind of Sir, Mr., Mrs., Ms. |
 | san,
yama | mountain |
 | san | brightly blinking, shining. The left part represent fire. |
 | se,
yo | world |
 | se | shoal, kyle, narrow, swash |
| sei, shoh,
saga | genial, gender |
 | sei
tadashi, masa | right, true |
 | sen | hsien, mountain living immortal having deep knowledge in spiritual world. |
| sen
hoso
saki | foward, before |
 | seri | a herb with scent of spring. |
 | setsu,
tsutanai | unskilled |
 | sa, sha | high grade of cotton cloth nearly transparent. The left side of the letter is "thread". The right side is "less". Probably this cloth is made with less cloth. |
 | sha,
ayamaru | thank, excuse |
 | sha | gorgeous |
 | sha,mono | person, personality |
 | shi,
kotoba | words, sentences, lyric |
 | shi | knight like person. "Samurai" is one of them. The original meaning of "Samurai" is attendand as guardian. |
 | shi,
yon | commander, manager, boss |
 | shi,
yon | four |
 | shi,
kokorozashi | noble mind |
 | shi,
uta | poem |
 | shi,
murasaki | purple. Purple color is thought as the symbol of eminence. |
 | shi, ne
ko | children |
 | shi | teacher |
 | boku,
shimobe | I, me, servant |
 | shin,
ma | true, genuine |
 | shin, jin
kami(a) | god |
 | shichi
nana, nanatsu | seven |
 | haku, byaku, pyaku
shiro | white |
 | shitsu,
muro, heya | room |
 | shoh,
atashi, mekake | I, me, "mekake" means concupy or beloved. Used by beloved woman to her lover. |
 | ne, shoh | denominate, |
 | shoh
chiisai | small |
 | shoh
sukunai | few, small in number. |
 | shu,
mori,mamoru | defend, defense, protect |
 | shu,
nushi | lord, master |
 | shu,
kubi | neck, often including head |
 | shu, ju, zyu
te | hand |
 | shuh,
osamu | learn, amend |
 | shuh,
hide | best. more excellent than  . |
 | so | ancestor |
 | so | investigating, a name of country in ancient China. |
 | so,
ishizue | base, foundation |
 | so,
so_nezumi | mouce.  is pronunciated as "risu" meaning squirrel considered as a mouce who like chestnut. |
 | son,
tattobu | noble, respectable, precious, respect |
 | son
mura | village |
 | su | meaning is vague. Japanese use this letter as a phonogram. |
 | su | nest |
 | jo,
suke, tasuke | help |
 | shuh,
su | state, province |
 | su,
shima | shoal, land, island |
 | su, jyu,
kotobuki | age, auspicious, happy |
 | su, shu,
mamoru | defend, defence |
 | su, sei | reside, inhabit |
 | sui,
ho | ear of plants |
 | sui
dare | who, some person |
 | sun | a traditional unit of length, nearly tenth of a foot. The unit corresponding to a foot is "shaku". Six times of "shaku" is "ken" nearly the height of human. This unit system is used un-officially but openly used by carpenters. |
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