13 strokes
Jinmeiyou kanji used in names
Kentei exam level 1

dress, pretend, disguise, profess

Kun'yomi
  • よそお
  • よそお
On'yomi
  • ソウ
  • ショウ

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Character Breakdown

dress, pretend, disguise
ソウ ショウ よそお.う (Kentei 1)
big, large, robust
ソウ さかん たけし (Kentei 1)
left-side kata radical (no. 90)
ショウ ソウ (Kentei 1)
gentleman, scholar, samurai
シ さむらい お (4th, N1)
garment, clothes, dressing
イ ころも きぬ (4th, N2)
kettle lid radical (no. 8)
トウ (Kentei 1)
garment(衣) variant

References

Unicode hex code 88DD
JIS X 0208 1-74-70
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 4236
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 5456
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 2751
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 3421
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 2399
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 34321
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 5e6.8
Four corner code 2473.2