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層

層 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. かさなる。
  2. 二階以上に重ね建てた高殿。
  3. 段。級。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「尸」+音符「曾」。「たかどの」を意味する漢語｛層｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

stratum, social class, layer, story, floor

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ソウElem.
Other languages
  • 拼音ceng2
  • 한글cheung
  • Hán-ViệtTằng

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
14 strokes
Radical
屮(てつ)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 2
Unicode
U+5C64

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): enclosure ⿸尸曾

Words using this kanji

  • 層群そうぐん二つ以上の累層が重なったもの。(geol) group
  • 層そう（ソウ）重なり。 （ソウ）年齢・地位・意識・能力などで区分した集団。 （ソウ）建物などの重なりを数える助数詞。layer, stratum, seam, bed
  • 層雲そううんstratus
  • 層状そうじょう幾重にも重なり層になっている形状や状態。stratified
  • 層楼そうろう階が何層もある高い建物。tall building
  • 層相そうそうfacies
  • 層別そうべつstratification, classification, (data) distribution
  • 層化そうかlayering, stratification, sheafification
  • 層流そうりゅうlaminar flow
  • 層序そうじょ地層が重なっている順序。層位。succession of strata, stratigraphy
  • 層倍そうばいtimes
  • 層理そうりbedding, stratification
  • 層位学そういがくstratigraphy
  • 層積雲そうせきうん曇った日に下層に現れる、平らで全天を覆いやや斑のある雲。stratocumulus
  • 層序学そうじょがくstratigraphy
  • 層管理そうかんりlayer-management
  • 層が厚いそうがあついhaving a deep pool (of talent, candidates, etc.), having great depth, having a broad base, being thick-layered
  • 層が薄いそうがうすいhaving a thin layer, having a shallow pool (of talent, candidates, etc.), lacking depth

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Variants

Lookup codes

SKIP
3-3-11
Four Corner
7726.6
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3r11.2
Heisig
1146
Nelson
1402