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Keyword
great (grandparent or grandchild)
  • formerly
  • once
  • before
  • ever
  • never
  • ex-
Frequency
#1320
Strokes
11
Grade
8
Heisig
540
Readings
ソウ
ソ
ゾウ
かつ
かつて
すなわち
Mnemonic
An ox with mossy horns has ploughed this rice field under the sun for a hundred years, outliving you and serving your great (grandparent or grandchild) next.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in kanji
Used in vocabulary
曽ひい
great (i.e. great-grandson, great-grandmother)
Prefix
未み曽ぞ有う
unprecedented; unheard-of; record-breaking
No-adjective
曽孫ひまご
great-grandchild
Noun
曽そう祖そ母ぼ
great-grandmother; great-grandma
Noun
白しら檜び曽そ
Veitch's silver fir (Abies veitchii)
Noun