Word Meaning 署長

しょちょう shochou

署長 is read as しょちょう (shochou) and means chief (of police).

Meaning

English

  1. chief (of police)
  2. head (of office)

Reading

Kana

しょちょう

Romaji

shochou

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 21 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 6 Rank 12392 Priority B

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

一日署長

いちにちしょちょう

chief for the day (PR event in which a celebrity heads a police, fire, etc. department for a day)

消防署長

しょうぼうしょちょう

fire captain

警察署長

けいさつしょちょう

head of a police station

署名

しょめい

signature

署員

しょいん

staff member

署内

しょない

inside a police station, fire station, tax office, etc.

署名国

しょめいこく

signatory nation

署名運動

しょめいうんどう

signature-collecting campaign

署名式

しょめいしき

signing ceremony (for a law, treaty, etc.)

課長

かちょう

section manager

身長

しんちょう

height (of body)

村長

むらおさ

village headman