pardon
N1- Onyomi
- シャ
- Stroke count
- 11
- JLPT
- N1
Onyomi are readings often used in compound words. Kunyomi are native Japanese readings. Learn each reading with an example word.
Memory tip
Break 赦 down and you get 攵 (strike / action) — a hand raised to make something happen. Picture a mound of earth raised from flat ground, put 赦 inside it, and let that scene stand for "pardon" — pardon. The odder the picture, the better it sticks.
Stroke Order
Stroke count: 11
General writing tips
These general rules have exceptions. Follow the animation and numbered frames for this character.
- •上から下へ書きます。Write from top to bottom.
- •左から右へ書きます。Write from left to right.
- •横の画を先に、縦の画を後に書きます。Write horizontal strokes before the vertical strokes that cross them.
- •外側の囲みを先に書き、中を後で書きます。Draw an outer enclosure first, then fill in what is inside.
- •中央を先に、左右を後に書きます。In symmetric shapes, write the centre before the left and right sides.
- •この漢字は11画です。下の練習エリアで順番に書いてみましょう。This kanji has 11 strokes — trace them in order in the practice area below.
Step by step
Practice Writing
Free writing practice — compare your writing with the example. This canvas does not check your shape or stroke order. Draw with a mouse, finger, or pen; scroll outside the square to move down the page.
Trace the faded character, or hide the outline to practise from memory.
Writing Tips
- Follow the order strictly: top-to-bottom and left-to-right. Correct order makes the shape balanced and natural.
- Keep each stroke in one smooth motion — don't lift the pen in the middle of a stroke.
- Close enclosing strokes cleanly so the character does not look open or broken.
- Common mistake: drawing strokes bottom-to-top or right-to-left. Even if the result looks similar, the wrong order shows in handwriting and makes it harder to read.
Example words
赦免
shamen
pardon
赦免する
shamensuru
to do pardon
赦免した
shamenshita
plain past: did pardon
赦免します
shamenshimasu
polite: do pardon
赦免しない
shamenshinai
plain negative: does not do pardon
赦免中です
shamenchuudesu
in the middle of pardon
Example sentences (2)
大統領が囚人を赦免しました。
だいとうりょう が しゅうじん を しゃめん しました。
daitouryou ga shuujin o shamen shimashita.
The president pardoned the prisoner.
赦免の決定にあたっては、被害者の感情も考慮されます。
しゃめん の けってい に あたって は、ひがいしゃ の かんじょう も こうりょ されます。
shamen no kettei ni atatte wa, higaisha no kanjou mo kouryo saremasu.
In deciding on a pardon, the feelings of the victims are also taken into account.