曾

12 strokes
Jinmeiyou kanji used in names
Kentei exam level 1

once, before, formerly, ever, never, ex-

Kun'yomi
  • かつて
    		once ②never yet
  • かって
  • すなわち
On'yomi
  • ソウ
    		great (i.e. great-grandson, great-grandmother)
  • ゾウ
  • ソ

Main Radical

曰(KanXi) 八(Nelson)

Reading Commonality

ソ 58.9%
ソウゾウ 41.1%

Character Breakdown

once, before, formerly
ソ　ソウ　かつ.て (Kentei 1)
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ　や　はっ (1st, N5)
day, sun, Japan
ひ　ニチ　にっ (1st, N5)

Common Words

ひい
曾
great (i.e. great-grandson, great-grandmother)
み
未
ぞ
曾
う
有
unprecedented
そう
曾
そ
祖
ふ
父
great-grandfather
そう
曾
そ
祖
ぼ
母
great-grandmother
さ
佐
そ
曾
ら
羅
incense variety used in kōdō (orig. from India)
そ
曾
が
我
は
派
Soga school of Japanese painting
そう
曾
ゆう
遊
former visit
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References

Unicode hex code 66FE
JIS X 0208 1-33-29
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 604
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 2483
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 2642
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 1830
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 1794
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 14299
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana (2011 edition) 1450
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 2o9.3
Four corner code 8060.6