KanjiDB: 曽 - formerly

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曽	ソウ, ソ, ゾウ, かつ, かつて, すなわち formerly, once, before, ever, never, ex-

This kanji has 11 strokes: 2 strokes in the "eight" radical 八 (はちがしら) and 9 other strokes
Sample Compounds (21):
1.	曽ざしょう	running aground, being stranded
2.	曽そう	great (i.e., great-grandson, great-grandmother)
3.	曽ひ	great (i.e., great-grandson, great-grandmother)
4.	曽ひい	great (i.e., great-grandson, great-grandmother)
5.	曽祖父そうそふ	great-grandfather, great-granddad, great-grandad
6.	曽祖父ひいじじ	great-grandfather, great-granddad, great-grandad
7.	曽祖父ひおおじ	great-grandfather, great-granddad, great-grandad
8.	曽祖父ひじじ	great-grandfather, great-granddad, great-grandad
9.	曽祖父母そうそふぼ	great-grandparents
10.	曽祖母そうそぼ	great-grandmother, great-grandma
11.	曽祖母ひいばば	great-grandmother, great-grandma
12.	曽祖母ひおおば	great-grandmother, great-grandma
13.	曽祖母ひばば	great-grandmother, great-grandma
14.	曽孫そうそん	great-grandchild
15.	曽孫ひいまご	great-grandchild
16.	曽孫ひこ	great-grandchild
17.	曽孫ひこまご	great-grandchild
18.	曽孫ひひこ	great-grandchild
19.	曽孫ひまご	great-grandchild
20.	未曽有みそう	unprecedented, unheard of
21.	未曽有みぞう	unprecedented, unheard of

Kuten Code: 3330
EUC Code: c1be
Shift-JIS Code: 915d
JIS Code: 413e
Unicode: 66fd
Radical Index: 12
Frequency Rank: 1320
Jouyou Grade: 9
Four Corner code: 8060.6
"New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary" Index: 2464
"The Kanji Dictionary" Index Code: 2o9.3
"Remembering The Kanji" Index: 1482
"Japanese Names" Index: 501
Korean Reading: jeung
Pinyin: ceng2, zeng1
Cross Reference codes: J0413D,

Radical Index : 八 : 曽

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