What does kanji 曽 mean?

The primary meaning of kanji 曽 is formerly.

How is kanji 曽 read?

The kunyomi readings for kanji 曽 are かつ, かつて, すなわち; the onyomi readings are ソウ, ソ, ゾウ.

What is the main radical of kanji 曽?

The main radical for kanji 曽 is 曰.

What words use kanji 曽?

Example words that use kanji 曽 include 曽, 曽お祖父さん, 曽お祖母さん, 曽我物語.

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曽

Meaning

Kanji 曽

formerly

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

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Readings

Kunyomi 訓読み: かつかつてすなわち
Onyomi 音読み: ソウソゾウ
Nanori 名乗り: つねなります

Old form: 曾 • Added to Jōyō: 2010

Jōyō: -
JLPT: -
Frequency: #1320
Strokes: 11
Radical: 曰
Components: 并 • 日 • 田
Kanji Kentei: Level 2
Similar Kanji: -

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Showing 16 of 19 entries that include this kanji.

曽

そう

great (i.e. great-grandson, great-grandmother)

曽お祖父さん

ひいおじいさん

great-grandfather

曽お祖母さん

ひいおばあさん

great-grandmother

曽我物語

そがものがたり

Soga Monogatari (war chronicle)

曽祖父

そうそふ

great-grandfather

曽祖父母

そうそふぼ

great-grandparents

曽祖母

そうそぼ

great-grandmother

曽遊

そうゆう

former visit

熊曽

くまそ

Kumaso (ancient Japanese people who lived in southern Kyushu)

大白檜曽

おおしらびそ

Maries' fir (Abies mariesii)

白檜曽

しらびそ

Veitch's silver fir (Abies veitchii)

伊曽保物語

いそほものがたり

Aesop's Fables (published initially by the Jesuits in 1593)

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Example sentences

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彼は曽て京都に住んでいた。

He formerly lived in Kyoto.

そんなことは曽て聞いたことがない。

I have never heard such a thing.

これは曽てない大事件だ。

This is an unprecedented major incident.

曽祖父は九十歳まで元気だった。

My great-grandfather stayed healthy until he was ninety.

曽祖母の話をもっと聞きたかった。

I wanted to hear more stories from my great-grandmother.

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