Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 4

JLPT level: N3

216 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 11

Meaning: side, lean, oppose, regret

Kunyomi: かわ がわ そば

Onyomi: ソク

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: にんべん

Meaning: man, human

Strokes: 2

Examples

Examples with audio

面(そくめん)   side

近(そっきん)   close advisor

(ひがしがわ)   east side

(みぎがわ)   right side

反対(はんたいがわ)   opposite side

(うちがわ)   inside

Onyomi Examples

ソク first principle of the Eight Principles of Yong, tiny dash or speck

ソバ near, close, beside, vicinity, proximity, besides, while, third person

最外 サイガイソク outermost (side)

タイソク side of a body

Kunyomi Examples

がわ side (of something, or taking someone's side), part, (watch) case

がわいた stringer, slanted staircase beam, side plate, side panel, side sheet

裏っかわ うらっかわ the reverse, other side, lining

上っ うわっかわ upper side, surface

がわ side (of something, or taking someone's side), part, (watch) case

がわいた stringer, slanted staircase beam, side plate, side panel, side sheet

えんがわ engawa, external corridor on the outer side of traditional Japanese houses, bone at the base of a fin, meat at the base of a fin (esp. of a flatfish)

体制 たいせいがわ the establishment

そば near, close, beside, vicinity, proximity, besides, while, third person

そばえい side stroke

おそば near, close, beside, vicinity, proximity, besides, while, attendant, retainer, vassal