曽

once; formerly; before; ever; never; ex-

11 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school. Newspaper frequency rank 1320.

Readings

• ソ (on reading): 曽我物語 (そがものがたり) Soga Monogatari (war chronicle); 木曽路 (きそじ) Kiso valley section of the Nakasendo
• ソウ (on reading): 木曽馬 (きそうま) Kiso horse (Japanese indigenous horse breed); 曽祖父 (そうそふ) great-grandfather
• ゾウ (on reading)
• かつ (kun reading)
• かつて (kun reading)
• すなわち (kun reading)

Components

• 八
• 田
• 日
• 丷 radical horns, inverted eight
• 日 radical sun; day
• 田 radical rice field

Kanji containing 曽

• 増 increase
• 層 stratum
• 贈 presents
• 僧 Buddhist priest
• 憎 hate
• 噌 boisterous
• 甑 rice-steaming pot

Words using 曽

• 曽我物語 (そがものがたり) Soga Monogatari (war chronicle)
• 木曽路 (きそじ) Kiso valley section of the Nakasendo
• 伊曽保物語 (いそほものがたり) Aesop's Fables (published initially by the Jesuits in 1593)
• 木曽馬 (きそうま) Kiso horse (Japanese indigenous horse breed)
• 曽祖父 (そうそふ) great-grandfather
• 曽祖父母 (そうそふぼ) great-grandparents

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