This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

Readings

Kana: ソツ、シュツ、そっ.する、お.える、お.わる、ついに、にわか
Romaji: sotsu, shutsu, so.suru, o.eru, o.waru, tsuini, niwaka
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

graduate, soldier, private, die

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  8
Radical Number:  8
Frequency:  772
Grade:  4
Skip Pattern:  2-2-6
Korean Reading:  jeol
Chinese Reading:  cu4
Unicode:  5352
JIS:  4234

Indexes

Halpern Index: 2055
Nelson Index: 294
New Nelson Index: 615
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 2j6.2
Four Corner Index: 0040.8
Guide to Remembering Index: 537
Gakken Index: 738
Japanese Names Index: 732
Daikanwanjiten Index: 2740
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 2.0555
Remembering the kanji Index: 1025
Busy People Index: 3.1
Kanji Flashcards Index: 380
Kodansha Compact Index: 245
Read Writing Kanji Third Index: 564
Kanji in Context Index: 306
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 1300
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 1769
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 1034
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 1102
Essential Kanji Index: 798
Kodansha Kanji Index: 2549
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 455
Read Writing the Kanji Index: 457
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 509

Words

(そつ)
low-ranking soldier; graduation; outgrowing; moving on (from); low-ranking samurai (1870-1872); death (of a noble, etc.)
卒業生 (そつぎょうせい)
graduate; alumnus
高卒 (こうそつ)
high school graduate
兵卒 (へいそつ)
private (soldier); (common) soldier; ranks; rank and file
卒去 (しゅっきょ、そっきょ)
death (of a noble, etc.)
卒業 (そつぎょう)
graduation; completion (e.g. of a course); outgrowing something; moving on
脳卒中 (のうそっちゅう)
stroke; cerebral haemorrhage; cerebral hemorrhage
新卒 (しんそつ)
new (recent) graduate
大卒 (だいそつ)
university graduate
中卒 (ちゅうそつ)
junior high school graduate; middle school graduate
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