kanjisense

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

component mnemonic:
steamer basket (cf. 甑)

  • Jōyō
  • □ character + ○ component
  • sound mark

components

"little feet"
rice field
sun
Japanese on'yomi
ソウ sō ・(ソ) (so) ・(ゾウ) (zō)
Mandarin Chinese
not available
Cantonese
not available
Korean
not available
Vietnamese
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Japanese kun'yomi
かつkatsu
・かつてkatsute
・すなわちsunawachi

used as a component in:

  • Buddhist priest 
    ソウ sŏng
  • increase 
    ゾウ tsŏng
  • stratum 
    ソウ dzŏng
  • hate 
    ゾウ tsŏng
  • presents 
    ソウ dzŏngˎ
  • boisterous 
    ソウ tsʻạ̈ng
  • rice-steaming pot 
    ソウ tsyŏngˎ

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