Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 6

JLPT level: N2

657 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 12

Meaning: attire, dress, pretend, disguise, profess

Kunyomi: よそお.う よそお.い

Onyomi: ソウ ショウ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: ころも

Meaning: clothes

Strokes: 6

Examples

Examples with audio

置(そうち)   equipment

(ふくそう)   dress, clothes, outfit

(ようそう)   Western clothing

紙(ほうそうし)   wrapping paper

行列(かそうぎょうれつ)   costume parade

備する(そうびする)   equip, fit out

する(かいそうする)   remodel, reorganize

する(ぶそうする)   arm [v.i.]

する(へんそうする)   disguise oneself, masquerade

する(せいそうする)   dress up, wear full dress

束(しょうぞく)   costume

う(よそおう)   dress, pretend, feign

Onyomi Examples

ソウ clothing, dressing, binding (of a book)

ソウコウ armoring, armouring, armor, armour

シンソウ redecoration, remodelling, remodeling, refurbishment

ギソウ camouflage, disguise, pretense, feigning, masquerade

ショウゾク costume, dress, attire, interior decoration, landscaping, furnishing, ornament

束能 ショウゾクノウ formal noh performed in full costume

舞台衣 ブタイイショウ (theatrical) costumes

婚礼衣 コンレイイショウ wedding clothes

Kunyomi Examples

よそおう to dress (oneself in), to attire oneself in, to adorn, to decorate, to pretend, to feign, to affect, to disguise oneself as

よそおい dress, outfit, equipment, makeup, adornment, guise, get-up