喪

miss, mourning

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

ソウ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

も

Stroke Order

12 / 12

Information

Grade:8

Strokes:12

JLPT:N1

Frequency:885

Vocabulary

ソウ

Word	Reading	Meaning
喪失	ソウシツ	loss; forfeit
心神喪失	シンシンソウシツ	insanity; lack of mental capacity; (state of) non compos mentis
大喪	タイソウ	funeral service of a Japanese emperor; Imperial mourning
意気阻喪	イキソソウ	depressed in spirits; rejection; disheartened; lacking nerve
喪家	ソウカ	homeless; family in mourning

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
喪う	うしなう	to lose; to miss (a chance, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
喪主	もしゅ	chief mourner
喪	も	mourning; calamity; misfortune
喪	そう	mourning; calamity; misfortune
喪章	もしょう	mourning band; mourning ribbon

Visually Similar Kanji

These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes

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awe, respect, honor, revere

notebook, account book, album, curtain, veil, net, tent

pathetic, grief, sorrow, pathos, pity, sympathize

leather, skin, reform, become serious

inmost, heart, mind, inside

protect, guarantee, keep, preserve, sustain, support

bundle, sheaf, ream, tie in bundles, govern, manage, control