Readings

Kana: ソウ、ソ、ゾウ、かつ.て、か.って、すなわち
Romaji: sou, so, zou, katsu.te, ka.tte, sunawachi
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

once, before, formerly, ever, never, ex-

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  12
Radical Number:  12
Frequency: 
Grade:  10
Skip Pattern:  2-2-10
Korean Reading:  jeung
Chinese Reading:  zeng1
Unicode:  66fe
JIS:  413D

Indexes

Nelson Index: 604
New Nelson Index: 2483
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 2o9.3
Four Corner Index: 8060.6
Japanese Names Index: 1794
Daikanwanjiten Index: 14299
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 5.0990
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 1830
Kodansha Kanji Index: 2642

Words

(ひい、ひ、そう)
great (i.e. great-grandson, great-grandmother)
曾祖父 (そうそふ、ひいじじ、ひじじ、ひおおじ)
great-grandfather; great-granddad; great-grandad
未曾有 (みぞう、みそう)
unprecedented; unheard of
曾遊 (そうゆう)
former visit
熊襲 (くまそ)
Kumaso (ancient Japanese people resident to southern Kyushu)
曾孫 (ひまご、そうそん、ひいまご、ひこ、ひひこ、ひこまご)
great-grandchild
曾祖母 (そうそぼ、ひいばば、ひばば、ひおおば)
great-grandmother; great-grandma
嘗て (かつて、かって)
once; before; formerly; ever; former; ex-; never yet; never before; first time; still not happened
伊曾保物語 (いそほものがたり)
Aesop's Fables (published initially by the Jesuits in 1593)
曾お祖母さん (ひいおばあさん)
great-grandmother
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