| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|
| 抄 | しょう | excerpt, extract; annotation; shou (unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml) |
| 抄本 | しょうほん | excerpt, abridgment, book of selections |
| 抄録 | しょうろく | quotation, abstract, selection, summary |
| 抄く | すく | to make something (i.e. paper) from wet, pulpy material by spreading it thin and drying it |
| 詩抄 | ししょう | anthology |
| 抄訳 | しょうやく | abridged translation |
| 抄出 | しょうしゅつ | taking excerpts, extraction |
| 戸籍抄本 | こせきしょうほん | official copy of part of family register |
| 抄物 | しょうもの, しょうもつ | Muromachi-period texts or annotations of texts used in Zen lectures; extracting from or excerpting (a classic) |
| 史記抄 | しきしょう | commentary on Shiki |
