Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

1998 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 11

Meaning: office, official, comrade, fellow

Kunyomi:

Onyomi: ソウ ゾウ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: say

Examples

Onyomi Examples

ソウ palace room for government officials, fellow, set (of people), clan, family

灰硼石 ソウカイホウセキ ulexite

ホウソウ legal profession, judicial officer, lawyer, attorney

カイソウ petty officer (navy)

ゾウシ palace room for government officials or ladies in waiting, room inside a palace or private estate allocated to employees, person living in such a room, boarding house for trainee administrators (ritsuryō period)