JLPT N1 · 12 strokes
Kanji 喪: "miss, mourning"
The kanji 喪 means "miss, mourning". It is written with 12 strokes and belongs to JLPT level N1, read ソウ in on'yomi and も in kun'yomi.
Stroke order
Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.
Readings
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ソウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
も
In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.
At a glance
| Meaning | miss, mourning |
|---|---|
| Strokes | 12 |
| JLPT level | N1 |
| Taught in Japan | secondary school |
| Frequency rank | 885 of 2,501 |
Common words with 喪
The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.
- 喪失loss; forfeit
- 記憶喪失loss of memory; amnesia
- 喪失感sense of loss; feeling of loss
- 喪服mourning clothes; mourning attire; mourning dress
- 喪mourning · calamity; misfortune
- 戦意喪失loss of fighting spirit; losing the will to fight
- 喪に服すto go into mourning
- 付喪神artifact spirit; in folk belief, long-lived objects (household objects, living beings, nature, etc.) become inhabited by a spirit upon their 100th birthday
- 心神喪失insanity; lack of mental capacity; (state of) non compos mentis
- 喪主chief mourner
- 自信喪失loss of (self-)confidence; inferiority complex
- 喪中in mourning
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