曽 — formerly, once, before

そ曽 formerly

そ

U+66FD Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #1320 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #540 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

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Meanings

formerly
once
before
ever
never
ex-

Readings

On'yomi: そ so そう sou ぞう zou
Kun'yomi: かつ katsu かつて katsute すなわち sunawachi

word

そ so On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

中(なか) 曽(そ) 根(ね) nakasone Nakasone (surname)

Words by frequency and grade

1 word

Each dot is a word containing 曽: further left is more common, higher up needs a later school grade (the grade of its hardest kanji). Click a dot to open the word.

S = secondary school

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

た田 rice field #102

ひ日 sun #72

はち八 eight #12

Used as component in (6)

ふえる増 increase そう層 stratum おくる贈 presents そう僧 buddhist priest にくむ憎 hate そ噌 boisterous

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

#73 曰 say