# 署 — police station; signature

署 means “police station; signature”. It is a JLPT N2 kanji written with 13 strokes. On'yomi: ショ (sho). It has no common kun'yomi.

- Meaning: police station; signature
- On'yomi: ショ (sho)
- Kun'yomi: —
- Strokes: 13
- Level: JLPT N2 · set Law & order 1

## How to remember 署

Parts: 罒 net · 者 someone

## Don't confuse it with

[暑](https://moji.ninja/n4-kanji/hot-weather/) · [都](https://moji.ninja/n4-kanji/metropolis/) · [諸](https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/various/) · [著](https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/author/)

## More in the “Law & order 1” set

[捜](https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/search-for/) · [責](https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/blame/) · [禁](https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/forbid/) · [許](https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/permit/) · [署](https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/police-station/)

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