Jisho

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11 strokes
Radical:
say
Parts:
Variants:
office, official, comrade, fellow
On:
ソウゾウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1998 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 曹 【ソウ】 palace room for government officials, fellow, set (of people), clan, family
  • 曹灰硼石 【ソウカイホウセキ】 ulexite
  • 法曹 【ホウソウ】 legal profession, judicial officer, lawyer, attorney
  • 海曹 【カイソウ】 petty officer (navy)
  • 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)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
cao2
Korean:
jo

Spanish

  • cadete
  • amigo

Portuguese

  • caçula
  • amigo

French

  • élève officier
  • sous-officier
  • ami
  • fils de bonne famille
1520 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
2030 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2134 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1413 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1479 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1929 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2114 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1933 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
999 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3414 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1759 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2394 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1181 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
14297 Morohashi
2746 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2477 New Nelson (John Haig)
1173 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1257 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1448 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1978 2001 Kanji
4c7.10 The Kanji Dictionary
2-7-4 SKIP code
5560.6 Four corner code
1-33-66 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
66f9 Unicode hex code

6 strokes
Radical:
water 水 (氵, 氺)
Parts:

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 爾汝 【ジジョ】 you, thou

Kun reading compounds

  • 汝 【なんじ】 thou, you
  • 汝自身を知れ 【なんじじしんをしれ】 Know thyself
  • 汝 【なむち】 you
  • 汝 【い】 you
  • 汝 【いまし】 you
  • 汝 【うぬ】 blockhead!, you
  • 汝等 【うぬら】 ye, you, me, I, us, we
  • 汝 【いまし】 you
  • 其 【し】 that, you, oneself, themself
  • 汝 【い】 you
  • 汝 【い】 you
  • 己 【な】 I, you
  • 汝 【なむち】 you
  • 汝 【なむち】 you
  • 汝 【なむち】 you
  • 汝 【みまし】 you

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ru3
Korean:
yeo

Spanish

Portuguese

French

2487 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
255 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
193 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
17138 Morohashi
3040 New Nelson (John Haig)
2303 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2397 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
369 2001 Kanji
3a3.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-3 SKIP code
3414.0 Four corner code
1-38-82 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6c5d Unicode hex code

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 霖雨 【リンウ】 long spell of rain
  • 梅霖 【バイリン】 rainy season
  • 秋霖 【シュウリン】 long autumn rains, stationary autumn front

Kun reading compounds

  • 長雨 【ながあめ】 long spell of rain
  • 長雨 【ながあめ】 long spell of rain

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
lin2
Korean:
rim

Spanish

Portuguese

French

5062 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
42335 Morohashi
6540 New Nelson (John Haig)
8d8.2 The Kanji Dictionary
2-8-8 SKIP code
1099.4 Four corner code
1-80-35 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9716 Unicode hex code