層 — stratum, social class, layer

そう層 stratum

そう

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.

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Meanings

stratum
social class
layer
story
floor

Readings

On'yomi: そう sou

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 地(ち) 層(そう) chisou stratum

Words by frequency and grade

12 words

Each dot is a word containing 層: 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 · 5 words have no frequency rank; they sit in the Unranked column.

Appears in idioms

深層心理四字熟語

deep stratum, heart reason

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

尸 corpse

そ曽 formerly

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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.

#44 尸 corpse