曽

See also: 曾
曽 U+66FD, 曽
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-66FD
← 曼
[U+66FC] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 曾 →
[U+66FE]

Translingual

Japanese 曽
Simplified 曾
Traditional 曾

Han character

曽 (Kangxi radical 72, 日+7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 金田日 (CWA) or 難金田日 (XCWA), composition ⿱丷𭥫 or ⿱𬎿日)

Derived characters

Descendants

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 503, character 2
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 2, page 1514, character 6
  • Unihan data for U+66FD

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 曽 – see 曾 (“already; ever; once; previously; etc.”).
(This character is a variant form of 曾).

Japanese

Shinjitai

曽

Kyūjitai

曾

Glyph origin

Japanese shinjitai Simplified from 曾, used in compound characters such as 増 (from 増).

Kanji

曽

(Jōyō kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 曾)

Readings

  • Go-on: ぞう (zō)
  • Kan-on: そう (sō, Jōyō)
  • Kan’yō-on: ぞ (zo, Jōyō †)、そ (so)
  • Kun: かつて (katsute, 曽て)、すなわち (sunawachi, 曽ち)
  • Nanori: かつ (katsu)、つね (tsune)

Usage notes

This character was added to the Jōyō kanji list in 2010 and adopted this simplified form. Before 2010 the unsimplified form 曾 was the 印(いん)刷(さつ)標(ひょう)準(じゅん)字(じ)体(たい) (insatsu hyōjun jitai), and the simplified form 曽 was a 簡(かん)易(い)慣(かん)用(よう)字(じ)体(たい) (kan'i kan'yō jitai).

Prefix

曽(そう) • (sō-) 

  1. great- (e.g. great-grandmother)

Alternative forms

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