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曽

曽 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. かさねる。
  2. かつて。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

「曾」の異体字。曾#字源の項目を参照。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

formerly, once, before, ever, never, ex-

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ソウJHS
  • ソ
  • ゾウ
Kun (native)
  • かつ
  • かつて
  • すなわち
  • ぞJHS
Other languages
  • 拼音ceng2
  • 拼音zeng1
  • 한글jeung
  • Hán-ViệtTằng
  • Hán-ViệtTừng

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

Basics

Strokes
11 strokes
Radical
曰(ひらび)
JIS level
Level 1
Unicode
U+66FD

Components

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

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱𬎿日

Words using this kanji

  • 曽祖父そうそふ祖父・祖母の父。親の祖父。自分から見て、親の親の親のうち、男性である人物。great-grandfather, great-granddad, great-grandad
  • 曽祖父母そうそふぼ祖父母の両親（父と母）。great-grandparents
  • 曽我物語そがものがたりSoga Monogatari (war chronicle)

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(8 results)

Variants

Lookup codes

SKIP
2-2-9
Four Corner
8060.6
Spahn–Hadamitzky
2o9.3
Heisig
540