訟 means “lawsuit, dispute”

しょう · shou

Also: sue, accuse

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

ショウ

JLPT N1 · Taught in secondary school · 11 strokes

The story

Words (言) taken public (公): a quarrel brought out into the open to be judged. 訟 lives almost entirely in one word, 訴訟, a lawsuit, as in 訴訟を起こす, to file suit.

Used in 訴訟 (soshou, lawsuit) and 集団訴訟 (shuudan soshou, class action)

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