11 strokes
                                                    
                        Jouyou kanji
            Taught in 4th grade
    
                                                    JLPT exam level N3
                                            side, lean, oppose, regret
Kun'yomi
- か - わ - side (of something, or taking someone's side) ②(watch) case 
- が - わ - side (of something, or taking someone's side) ②(watch) case 
- そ - ば - near ②third person 
On'yomi
- ソク - near ②third person 
Character Breakdown
References
| Unicode hex code | 5074 | 
| JIS X 0208 | 1-34-6 | 
| Nelson, A. Classic Nelson | 509 | 
| Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary | 275 | 
| Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary | 137 | 
| Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary | 155 | 
| Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha) | 105 | 
| Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) | 120 | 
| Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji | 975 | 
| Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. | 1049 | 
| Gakken A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage | 240 | 
| O'Neill, P.G. Essential Kanji | 538 | 
| Morohashi Daikanwajiten | 897 | 
| Henshall, K. A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters | 535 | 
| Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana | 609 | 
| Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana (2011 edition) | 619 | 
| Sakade, F. A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese | 667 | 
| Hodges & Okazaki Japanese Kanji Flashcards | 330 | 
| Henshall & De Groot A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese, 3rd ed. | 562 | 
| Kask, A. Tuttle Kanji Cards | 571 | 
| Crowley, D. The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power | 280 | 
| Nishiguchi & Kono Kanji in Context | 809 | 
| AJLT Japanese For Busy People vols I-III | 3.12 | 
| Kodansha Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide | 119 | 
| Maniette, Y. Les Kanjis dans la tete | 984 | 
| Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code | 2a9.4 | 
| Four corner code | 2220.0 | 
| De Roo Code | 2143 |