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Kanji 曽

11 strokes

Meaning

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

On'yomi
ソウソゾウ
Kun'yomi
かつかつてすなわち
Strokes
11
JLPT
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School grade
Secondary school
Kanken
2級
Frequency
#1320 / 2500

Stroke order

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8
  9. 9
  10. 10
  11. 11

Example sentences

  • 曽根崎そねざきには心中しんじゅうが多おおいと聞ききました。

    I heard there were many double suicides in Sonezaki.

  • 木曽川きそがわはしばしば日本にっぽんのライン川がわと呼よばれている。

    The Kiso River is often called the Rhine of Japan.

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Other kanji with radical “say” 曰