訟

sue, accuse

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

ショウ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

N/A

Stroke Order

11 / 11

Information

Grade:8

Strokes:11

JLPT:N1

Frequency:1061

Vocabulary

ショウ

Word	Reading	Meaning
訴訟	ソショウ	lawsuit; suit; (legal) action; litigation
行政訴訟	ギョウセイソショウ	administrative litigation (action)
刑事訴訟	ケイジソショウ	criminal action
訴訟事件	ソショウジケン	lawsuit; (legal) case
訴訟費用	ソショウヒヨウ	(lawsuit) costs

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
壁訴訟	かべそしょう	grumbling or mumbling to oneself
壁訴訟	かべぞしょう	grumbling or mumbling to oneself
人事訴訟手続き法	じんじそしょうてつづきほう	Personal Status Actions Procedure Law (e.g. divorce actions)
株主代表訴訟	かぶぬしだいひょうそしょう	shareholder lawsuit
薬害ヤコブ病訴訟	やくがいヤコブびょうそしょう	Japanese lawsuit involving cases where hospitalized patients contracted Creutzfeld-Jakob disease from infected transplants

Visually Similar Kanji

These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes

checkup, seeing, diagnose, examine

accusation, sue, complain of pain, appeal to

chastise, attack, defeat, destroy, conquer

establishment, provision, prepare

consign, requesting, entrusting with, pretend, hint

permit, approve

instruction, Japanese character reading, explanation, read

sincerity, admonish, warn, prohibit, truth, fidelity

boast, be proud, pride, triumphantly

lie, falsehood, deceive, pretend