kanjisense

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

component mnemonic:
steamer basket (cf. 甑)

  • Jinmeiyō
  • extra-Jōyō
  • □ character + ○ component
  • variant
  • sound mark

components

eight "little feet"
"steamer basket"
Japanese on'yomi
ソウ sō ・ソ so ・ゾウ zō
Mandarin Chinese
not available
Cantonese
not available
Korean
not available
Vietnamese
not available
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Japanese kun'yomi
かつてkatsute
・かってkatte
・すなわちsunawachi

used as a component in:

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

2 of 3 variants

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traditional radical: 73 曰  (+8)