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

Reading

Kana:
Romaji: so
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

tariff, crop tax, borrowing

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  10
Radical Number:  115
Frequency:  2089
Grade:  8
Skip Pattern:  1-5-5
Korean Reading:  jo
Chinese Reading:  zu1
Unicode:  79df
JIS:  4145

Indexes

Halpern Index: 1161
Nelson Index: 3279
New Nelson Index: 4138
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 5d5.7
Four Corner Index: 2791.0
Guide to Remembering Index: 1506
Gakken Index: 1481
Japanese Names Index: 1116
Daikanwanjiten Index: 24988
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 8.0556
Remembering the kanji Index: 1778
Kanji Flashcards Index: 1584
Kodansha Compact Index: 1434
Kanji in Context Index: 1893
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 789
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 1076
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 1794
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 1916
Essential Kanji Index: 1574
Kodansha Kanji Index: 1492
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 2273
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 1375

Words

租税 (そぜい)
taxes; taxation
租借 (そしゃく)
lease
租庸調 (そようちょう)
corvee; taxes in kind or service (former tax system)
年租 (ねんそ)
annual tax
共同租界 (きょうどうそかい)
jointly held concession in China (e.g. Shanghai International Settlement)
租界 (そかい)
concession; settlement
地租 (ちそ)
land tax
免租 (めんそ)
tax exemption
田租 (でんそ)
farm tariff; rice field tax
公租 (こうそ)
public tax
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