Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 3

JLPT level: N3

45 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 9

Meaning: inter-, mutual, together, each other, minister of state, councillor, aspect, phase, physiognomy

Kunyomi: あい-

Onyomi: ソウ ショウ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: きへん

Meaning: eye

Strokes: 4

Examples

Examples with audio

互に(そうごに)   mutually

対的な(そうたいてきな)   relative

愛(そうしそうあい)   mutual love

続する(そうぞくする)   inherit

談する(そうだんする)   consult

違する(そういする)   differ

(しゅしょう)   Prime Minister

性(あいしょう)   compatibility

手(あいて)   partner

変わらず(あいかわらず)   as usual

Onyomi Examples

ソウ aspect, appearance, look, physiognomy (as an indication of one's fortune), aspect, phase (e.g. solid, liquid and gaseous)

ソウイ difference, discrepancy, variation

ジッソウ reality, real state of affairs, true state of affairs, true form of all things as they are, ultimate reality

セソウ social conditions, phase of life, (sign of) the times, state of society

ショウ minister of state

ショウバン partaking, participating, taking part in, sharing (something with someone)

コウショウ Welfare Minister

サイショウ prime minister, premier, chancellor