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曽

Stroke Order

Meanings

  • formerly
  • once
  • before
  • ever
  • never
  • ex-

On'yomi (音読み)

  • ソウ
  • ソ
  • ゾウ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

  • かつ
  • かつて
  • すなわち
Strokes
11
Frequency
#1443
School Grade
Secondary
Radical
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Components

Common Words

  • 曽ひいPrefix
    great (i.e. great-grandson, great-grandmother)
  • 曽孫ひまごNoun
    great-grandchild
  • 曽てかつてAdverb
    once, before, formerly
  • 曽遊そうゆうNoun
    former visit
  • 熊曽くまそNoun
    Kumaso (ancient Japanese people who lived in southern Kyushu)
  • 佐曽羅さそらNoun
    incense variety used in kōdō (orig. from India)
  • 曽祖母そうそぼNoun
    great-grandmother, great-grandma
  • 曽祖父そうそふNoun
    great-grandfather, great-granddad, great-grandad

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