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曽
Kanji meaning "formerly, once, before"
Jiten frequency #2512
Secondary
Kanken Level 2
RTK
KLC Volume 6
TMW Eternal Idol
11 strokes
Meanings
formerly, once, before, ever, never, ex-
On'yomi
ソウ
ソ
ゾウ
Kun'yomi
かつ
かつて
すなわち
Reading usage
そ
660 (87%)
ぞ
72 (9%)
そう
26 (3%)
ぞう
2 (0%)
かつ
1 (0%)
ひい
1 (0%)
曽根
(
そね
)
Sone
#76119
木曽
(
きそ
)
Kiso
#76877
曽我
(
そが
)
Soka
#89815
曽
(
そ
)
So
#95118
曽根崎
(
そねざき
)
Sonezaki
#104482
木曽川
(
きそがわ
)
Kisogawa
#118840
中曽根
(
なかぞね
)
Nakasone
#138289
木
(
き
)
曽
(
そ
)
路
(
じ
)
Kiso valley section of the Nakasendo
#146837
曽田正人
(
そだまさひと
)
Soda Masahito (1968.6.18-)
#147673
小木曽
(
おきそ
)
Okiso
#148229
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未
(
み
)
曽
(
ぞ
)
有
(
う
)
unprecedented
#44886
曽
(
そう
)
祖
(
そ
)
父
(
ふ
)
great-grandfather
#60735
曽根
(
そね
)
Sone
#76119
木曽
(
きそ
)
Kiso
#76877
曽我
(
そが
)
Soka
#89815
曽
(
そ
)
So
#95118
曽根崎
(
そねざき
)
Sonezaki
#104482
曽
(
ひい
)
great (i.e. great-grandson, great-grandmother)
#118189
木曽川
(
きそがわ
)
Kisogawa
#118840
曽我部
(
そかべ
)
Sokabe
#122816
曽
(
そう
)
祖
(
そ
)
母
(
ぼ
)
great-grandmother
#124658
中曽根
(
なかぞね
)
Nakasone
#138289
曽
(
そう
)
孫
(
そん
)
great-grandchild
#143962
木
(
き
)
曽
(
そ
)
路
(
じ
)
Kiso valley section of the Nakasendo
#146837
曽田正人
(
そだまさひと
)
Soda Masahito (1968.6.18-)
#147673
小木曽
(
おきそ
)
Okiso
#148229
木曽義仲
(
きそよしなか
)
Kiso Yoshinaka
#154212
大曽根
(
おおそね
)
Oosone
#158209
曽田
(
そた
)
Souda
#162317
曽祢
(
そね
)
Sone
#191597
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