12 strokes
Jinmeiyou kanji used in names
Kentei exam level Pre-1
JLPT exam level N1

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Kun'yomi
  • everything ②entirely
On'yomi
  • ソウ
    rural local self-government (Muromachi period)
Nanori
  • おさむ
  • あしむ
  • ふさ
  • みち

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

ソウ 92.1%
7.9%

Character Breakdown

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ソウ そ すべ.て (Kentei Pre-1, N1)
thing, object, matter
もの ブツ モツ (3rd, N4)
cow
うし ギュウ ご (2nd, N4)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ えい よう (Kentei 1)
dry, parch, ebb
ひ.る カン ほ.す (6th, N2)
not, must not, do not
モチ ブツ ボツ (Kentei Pre-1)
wrapping enclosure, wrapping radical (no. 20)
ホウ つつ.む (Kentei 1)
heart, mind, spirit
こころ シン (2nd, N4)

Common Words

rural local self-government (Muromachi period)
small dish (served as a part of an ordinary household meal)
shop selling prepared food
shrine enshrining several gods
streetwalker (Edo period)
(hist.) governor-general
shop selling prepared food
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References

Unicode hex code 60E3
JIS X 0208 1-33-58
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 1708
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 1889
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 2780
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 3452
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha) 1777
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 2419
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2432
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 2510
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 1785
O'Neill, P.G. Essential Kanji 1960
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 10829
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana 2074
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 4k8.17
Four corner code 2733.2
De Roo Code 2458