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: 曲 日
Radical: 曰
Meaning: say
Reading: ひらび
Frequency: 37
曹 (ソウ) palace room for government officials, fellow, set (of people), clan, family
曹灰硼石 (ソウカイホウセキ) ulexite
法曹 (ホウソウ) legal profession, judicial officer, lawyer, attorney
海曹 (カイソウ) petty officer (navy)
曹司 (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)