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曽
Kanji meaning "formerly, once, before"
Stroke order
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
Stroke order
(11 strokes)
Composed of
八
eight
田
rice field
日
day
radical
Components and stroke order from
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Kanji containing
曽
(8)
増
憎
層
僧
贈
噌
甑
囎
Reading usage
そ
660 (87%)
ぞ
72 (9%)
そう
26 (3%)
ぞう
2 (0%)
かつ
1 (0%)
ひい
1 (0%)
木曽
(
きそ
)
Kiso
#76744
曽根
(
そね
)
Sone
#78523
曽我
(
そが
)
Soka
#90615
曽
(
そ
)
So
#96075
曽根崎
(
そねざき
)
Sonezaki
#108113
木曽川
(
きそがわ
)
Kisogawa
#115590
中曽根
(
なかそね
)
Nakasone
#132454
木
(
き
)
曽
(
そ
)
路
(
じ
)
Kiso valley section of the Nakasendo
#147089
曽田正人
(
そだまさひと
)
Soda Masahito (1968.6.18-)
#150656
小木曽
(
おきそ
)
Okiso
#150990
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Most common words using this kanji
未
(
み
)
曽
(
ぞ
)
有
(
う
)
unprecedented
#44949
曽
(
そう
)
祖
(
そ
)
父
(
ふ
)
great-grandfather
#60505
木曽
(
きそ
)
Kiso
#76744
曽根
(
そね
)
Sone
#78523
曽我
(
そが
)
Soka
#90615
曽
(
そ
)
So
#96075
曽根崎
(
そねざき
)
Sonezaki
#108113
曽
(
ひい
)
great (i.e. great-grandson, great-grandmother)
#110745
木曽川
(
きそがわ
)
Kisogawa
#115590
曽
(
そう
)
祖
(
そ
)
母
(
ぼ
)
great-grandmother
#126212
曽我部
(
そかべ
)
Sokabe
#127050
中曽根
(
なかそね
)
Nakasone
#132454
曽
(
そう
)
孫
(
そん
)
great-grandchild
#138509
木
(
き
)
曽
(
そ
)
路
(
じ
)
Kiso valley section of the Nakasendo
#147089
曽田正人
(
そだまさひと
)
Soda Masahito (1968.6.18-)
#150656
小木曽
(
おきそ
)
Okiso
#150990
木曽義仲
(
きそよしなか
)
Kiso Yoshinaka
#153574
曽田
(
そた
)
Souda
#153953
大曽根
(
おおそね
)
Oosone
#157535
小曽根
(
おそね
)
Osone
#192644
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