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
- Radical
- 曰 say (73)
- JLPT
- —
- School grade
- Secondary school
- Kanken
- 2級
- Frequency
- #1320 / 2500
Stroke order
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
- 10
- 11
Example sentences
曽根崎には心中が多いと聞きました。
I heard there were many double suicides in Sonezaki.
木曽川はしばしば日本のライン川と呼ばれている。
The Kiso River is often called the Rhine of Japan.
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Kanji with similar components or shapes that are easy to mix up when reading and writing.