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Zach

曹

Readings

Kana: ソウ、ゾウ
Romaji: sou, zou
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

office, official, comrade, fellow

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  11
Radical Number:  72
Frequency:  1998
Grade:  8
Skip Pattern:  2-7-4
Korean Reading:  jo
Chinese Reading:  cao2
Unicode:  66f9
JIS:  4162

Indexes

Halpern Index: 2746
Nelson Index: 2134
New Nelson Index: 2477
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 4c7.10
Four Corner Index: 5560.6
Guide to Remembering Index: 1520
Gakken Index: 2030
Japanese Names Index: 1479
Daikanwanjiten Index: 14297
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 5.0977
Remembering the kanji Index: 1173
Kanji Flashcards Index: 1413
Kodansha Compact Index: 999
Kanji in Context Index: 1933
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 1759
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 2394
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 1181
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 1257
Kodansha Kanji Index: 3414
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 1978
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 1448

Words

軍曹 (ぐんそう)
sergeant
曹洞宗 (そうとうしゅう)
Soto school (of Zen Buddhism)
御曹司 (おんぞうし)
son of a distinguished family; son of a noble
二曹 (にそう)
sergeant first-class (JSDF)
一曹 (いっそう)
master sergeant (JSDF)
曹長 (そうちょう)
master sergeant; sergeant major (JSDF)
法曹 (ほうそう)
legal profession; lawyer
兵曹 (へいそう)
warrant soldier
曹達 (そうだ、ソーダ)
soda
二等軍曹 (にとうぐんそう)
staff sergeant
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