曽

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See also: 曾
曽 U+66FD, 曽
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-66FD
← 曼
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 曾 →

Translingual

Japanese 曽
Simplified 曾
Traditional 曾

Han character

曽 (Kangxi radical 72, 日+7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 金田日 (CWA) or 難金田日 (XCWA), composition ⿱丷𭥫 or ⿱𬎿日)

Derived characters

Descendants

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 503, character 2
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 2, page 1514, character 6
  • Unihan data for U+66FD

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 曽 – see 曾 (“already; ever; once; previously; etc.”).
(This character is a variant form of 曾).

Japanese

Shinjitai

曽

Kyūjitai

曾

Glyph origin

Japanese shinjitai Simplified from 曾, used in compound characters such as 増 (from 増).

Kanji

曽

(Jōyō kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 曾)

Readings

Usage notes

This character was added to the Jōyō kanji list in 2010 and adopted this simplified form. Before 2010 the unsimplified form 曾 was the 印(いん)刷(さつ)標(ひょう)準(じゅん)字(じ)体(たい) (insatsu hyōjun jitai), and the simplified form 曽 was a 簡(かん)易(い)慣(かん)用(よう)字(じ)体(たい) (kan'i kan'yō jitai).

Prefix

曽(そう) • (sō-) 

  1. great- (e.g. great-grandmother)

Alternative forms

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