Word Meaning

そう sou

曽 is read as そう (sou) and means great (i.e. great-grandson, great-grandmother).

Meaning

English

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

Reading

Kana

そう

Romaji

sou

Writing Variants

  • そう sou
  • hi
  • ひい hii
  • hi
  • ひい hii

Stroke Sequence

1 Characters • 11 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

Kanken 2級 Rank 163794 Priority Z

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

曽孫

ひまご

great-grandchild

Example Sentences

10

かれはかつてきょうとにすんでいた。

He formerly lived in Kyoto.

そんなことはかつてきいたことがない。

I have never heard such a thing.

これはかつてないだいじけんだ。

This is an unprecedented major incident.

そうそふはきゅうじゅっさいまでげんきだった。

My great-grandfather stayed healthy until he was ninety.

そうそぼのはなしをもっとききたかった。

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

みぞうのさいがいにまちはこんらんした。

The town was thrown into chaos by an unprecedented disaster.

かれはかつてのじょうしにさいかいした。

He met his former boss again.

かつてここにはおおきないけがあった。

There used to be a large pond here.

そのなをかつてみたきがする。

I feel like I have seen that name before.

I heard there were many double suicides in Sonezaki.