そう
遭
なん
難
しん
信
ごう
号

noun

  1. distress signal, SOS.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
そう
遭
なん
難
しん
信
ごう
号
 遭難信号 そうなんしんごう

Contained Kanji Breakdown

encounter, meet, party
あ.う　ソウ (Late Jr. High, N1)
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　にっ　ニチ (1st, N5)
walk, road, (辵 variant, one dot jōyō form)
difficult, impossible, trouble
ナン　むずか.しい　かた.い (6th, N3)
the violet, (菫 variant)
grass, grass radical (no. 140)
mouth
くち　コウ　ク (1st, N4)
husband, man
フ　おっと　フウ (4th, N3)
large, big
ダイ　おお-　た (1st, N5)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
person
ひと　ニン　ジン (1st, N5)
bird, old bird radical (no. 172)
サイ　スイ　とり (Kentei 1)
human radical (no. 9)
lord, chief, master
シュ　あるじ　ぬし (3rd, N4)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
king, rule, magnate
オウ　-ノウ　おお (1st, N3)
faith, truth, fidelity
シン　のぶ　しな (4th, N3)
human radical (no. 9)
say, word
い.う　こと　ゲン (2nd, N4)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
mouth
くち　コウ　ク (1st, N4)
nickname, number, item
ゴウ　さけ.ぶ　よびな (3rd, N3)
mouth
くち　コウ　ク (1st, N4)
obstruction of breath (qi) as it seeks release, variant of other characters
コウ　さまた.げられる