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層 — stratum, social class, layer

そう層 stratum

Grade 6 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 14 strokes

U+5C64 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #801 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #1146 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

stratum
social class
layer
story
floor

word

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

層(そう) sou layer 一(いっ) 層(そう) issou much more 階(かい) 層(そう) kaisou class 高(こう) 層(そう) kousou high-rise 上(じょう) 層(そう) jousou upper layer 深(しん) 層(そう) shinsou deep layer 断(だん) 層(そう) dansou fault

Appears in idioms

深層心理四字熟語

deep, stratum, heart, reason

Stroke order

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Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

尸 corpse

そ曽 formerly

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.