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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: 曲 日

曹

Radical

Radical: 曰

Meaning: say

Reading: ひらび

Frequency: 37

曰

Examples

Onyomi Examples

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)

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