曹
comrade, fellow, office, official

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

ソウゾウ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

N/A

Stroke Order

11 / 11

Information

Grade:8
Strokes:11
JLPT:1
Frequency:1998

Vocabulary

ソウ

WordReadingMeaning
軍曹グンソウsergeant
法曹ホウソウlegal profession; judicial officer; lawyer; attorney
法曹界ホウソウカイlegal circles
三曹サンソウsergeant (JGSDF)
三等軍曹サントウグンソウsergeant

ゾウ

WordReadingMeaning
曹司ゾウシpalace room for government officials or ladies in waiting; room inside a palace or private estate allocated to employees; person living in such a room; boarding house for trainee administrators (ritsuryō period)

Other

WordReadingMeaning
御曹司おんぞうしson of a distinguished family; son of a noble
一曹いっそうmaster sergeant (JGSDF)
一等軍曹いっとうぐんそうsergeant first-class
３曹さんそうsergeant (JGSDF)
３等軍曹さんとうぐんそうsergeant

Visually Similar Kanji

These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes

遭
association, encounter, interview, join, meet, party
Grade 8JLPT 1
槽
tank, tub, vat
Grade 8JLPT 1
増
add, augment, gain, increase, promote
Grade 5JLPT 3
冒
assume (a name), damage, dare, defy, face, risk
Grade 8JLPT 1
門
counter for cannons, gate
Grade 2JLPT 2
借
borrow, rent
Grade 4JLPT 4
昔
antiquity, old times, once upon a time
Grade 3JLPT 3
面
face, features, mask, surface
Grade 3JLPT 3
胃
craw, crop, paunch, stomach
Grade 6JLPT 2
置
deposit, employ, keep, leave behind, pawn, placement, put, set
Grade 4JLPT 3