そう
曹
ちょう
長

noun

Military.
  1. master sergeant, sergeant major (JSDF).

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
そう
曹
ちょう
長
曹長 そうちょう

Contained Kanji Breakdown

office, official, comrade
ソウ (Early High School, N1)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
bend, music, melody
キョク ま.がる くま (3rd, N3)
day, sun, Japan
ひ ニチ にっ (1st, N5)
long, leader, superior
チョウ なが.い おさ (2nd, N5)
left hand
garment, clothes, dressing
イ ころも きぬ (4th, N2)
kettle lid radical (no. 8)
トウ (Kentei 1)
garment, (衣 variant)