層 – vocab dash

Keyword

layer

stratum
social class
story
floor

Frequency: #801
Strokes: 14
Grade: 6
JLPT (old): N2
Heisig: 1146

Readings

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Mnemonic

Dig under the corpse with a flag planted on it and you hit its grandparent, then the great-grandparent: each coffin is another layer of family history.

Stroke order

Composed of

尸corpse with a flag 曽great (grandparent or grandchild)

Used in vocabulary

一いっ層そう

even more; still more; all the more; more than ever; one layer; lowest floor (of a building)

Adverb

高こう層そう

high-rise (building); multistory; multistoried; tall; high (altitude); upper (atmosphere, air current, etc.)

No-adjective

年ねん齢れい層そう

age range; age-group; age bracket

Noun

無む党とう派は層そう

unaffiliated voters; floating voters; swinging voters

Noun

上じょう層そう

upper stratum (classes, stories, storeys); upper layer; layer above

Noun

階かい層そう

class; level; stratum; layer; hierarchy

Noun

断だん層そう

fault; dislocation; gap; discrepancy

Noun

地ち層そう

stratum; geological formation; layer; bed (coal, gravel, etc.)

Noun

深しん層そう

depths; deep level

Noun

層そう群ぐん

(geol) group

Noun

下か層そう

lower layer; layer beneath; lower strata (classes)

Noun

層そう

layer; stratum; seam; bed; class; bracket; group; sheaf; counter for stories (of a building)

Noun

成せい層そう圏けん

stratosphere

Noun

重じゅう層そう

multistoried; multilayered

Noun

大たい層そう

very; extremely; exceedingly; greatly; terribly; extreme; excessive; great many; large number of; splendid; …

Adverb

表ひょう層そう

surface; outer layer

Noun

客きゃく層そう

clientele; customer stratum

Noun

低てい層そう

low-rise (architecture); low-level; low-class

No-adjective

積せき層そう

laminating; layering

Noun

多た層そう

multilayer

Noun

各かく層そう

each stratum; each class

Noun

中ちゅう層そう

middle part; medium depth (water); medium layer; middle lamella; medium-size; mid-level; medium-rise (building)

Noun

電でん離り層そう

ionosphere

Noun

中ちゅう高こう層そう

medium and high-rise (buildings, apartments, etc.)

No-adjective