申 — say humbly, speak humbly, sign of the monkey

もう申 say humbly

U+7533 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. JLPT 3 Japanese-Language Proficiency Test level. N5 is beginner, N1 is the most advanced. This kanji appears at the 3 level. Grade 3 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 5 strokes Freq #492 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #1103 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

say humbly
speak humbly
sign of the monkey

word

さる saru Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

申(さる) saru monkey

もう mou Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

申(もう) し上(あ) げる moushiageru to say (humble) 申(もう) し訳(わけ) moushiwake apology 申(もう) す mousu to say (humble) 申(もう) し込(こ) み moushikomi application 申(もう) し込(こ) む moushikomu to apply

もうし moushi Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

申(もうし) 込(こみ) moushikomi application

しん shin On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

申(しん) 請(せい) shinsei application 申(しん) 告(こく) shinkoku declaration 答(とう) 申(しん) toushin report

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)