Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

885 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 12

Meaning: miss, mourning

Kunyomi:

Onyomi: ソウ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: mouth, opening

Examples

Onyomi Examples

mourning, calamity, misfortune

ソウシツ loss, forfeit

タイソウ funeral service of a Japanese emperor, Imperial mourning

コクソウ national mourning

Kunyomi Examples

mourning, calamity, misfortune

もしゅ chief mourner

ふくも going into mourning