曹

office, official, comrade, fellow

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:N1
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

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These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes

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