15 strokes
Kentei exam level 1

wound, boil, syphilis

Kun'yomi
  • pustule ②syphilis
On'yomi
  • ソウ
  • ショウ

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

ソウ 87.0%
かさ 13.0%

Character Breakdown

wound, boil, syphilis
ソウ かさ ショウ (Kentei 1)
trailing sickness, sick radical (no. 104)
ダク ニャク ソウ
godown, warehouse, storehouse
くら ソウ (4th, N1)
to assemble. to gather together
シュウ あつまる
person
ひと ニン ジン (1st, N5)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
door, house
corpse, remains, flag radical (no. 44)
シ かたしろ (Kentei 1)
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)

Common Words

mythological growth (tumor) that takes the shape of a human face
smallpox ②vaccination against smallpox ③pockmarks (left by smallpox)
thrush (pediatric disease)
person with a skin disease (esp. syphilis)
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References

Unicode hex code 7621
JIS X 0208 1-65-76
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 3067
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 3829
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 22404
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 5i10.5
Four corner code 0016.7