JLPT N1 · 11 strokes
Kanji 曹: "office, official, comrade"
The kanji 曹 means "office, official, comrade, fellow". It is written with 11 strokes and belongs to JLPT level N1, read ソウ, ゾウ in on'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)
ソウゾウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
no recorded reading
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 | office, official, comrade, fellow |
|---|---|
| Strokes | 11 |
| JLPT level | N1 |
| Taught in Japan | secondary school |
| Frequency rank | 1998 of 2,501 |
Common words with 曹
The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.
- 軍曹sergeant
- 御曹司son of a distinguished family; son of a noble
- 曹長master sergeant; sergeant major (JSDF)
- 曹palace room for government officials · fellow; set (of people); clan; family
- 重曹baking soda; bicarbonate of soda; sodium bicarbonate
- 兵曹長(Japanese Imperial Navy) chief warrant-officer
- 法曹界legal circles
- 法曹legal profession; judicial officer; lawyer; attorney
- 曹洞宗Soto school (of Zen Buddhism)
- 一曹master sergeant (JGSDF)
- 二曹sergeant first class (JGSDF)
- 兵曹warrant soldier
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