Vita:庶

Parts

• 庶 1191 commoner
  • ？ * caverns
    • ⼴ * cave
      • ⼂ * drop of (a drop of, drop, eye-dropper)
      • ⼚ * cliff
    • 廿 1190 twenty
  • ⺣ * oven-fire (cooking-fire)
    • 火 161 fire (fireplace, hearth, conflagration)
    • ⊖ * something taken away

I just think of a whole bunch of commoners that were driven out of their homes and are now forced to live in a community built into the system of caverns under the city, much like early Christians were in Japan. Their only source of warmth was an oven-fire which they're all huddled around.

Usage in other kanji

• 庶 1191 commoner
  • 遮 1192 intercept

KANJIDIC Entry

• 庶 3D6E U5eb6 B53 G8 S11 F1558 N1522 V1625 H3127 DK1997 L1191 K1701 O1505 DO1661 MN9373 MP4.0577 E1381 IN1766 DJ1413 DG593 P3-3-8 I3q8.7 Q0023.7 DR540 ZSP3-3-7 Yshu4 Wseo ショ {commoner} {all} {bastard}

EDICT Entries

• 庶民 [しょみん] / (n) masses / common people / (P) /
• 庶民的 [しょみんてき] / (adj-na) normal / natural / common / (P) /
• 庶務 [しょむ] / (n) general affairs / (P) /