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卒

graduate
Stroke count: 8

Readings

On readingソツ、シュツ
Kun readingそっ.する、お.える、お.わる、ついに、にわか
JLPT level: N2JōyōGrade 4

Meanings

  1. graduateRtK
  2. soldier
  3. private
  4. die
  1. graduation
  2. completion (of a course)
  3. moving on (from)
  4. outgrowing (something)
  5. leaving (a group, company, etc.)

Popular Usage

卒業卒直

Radicals and components

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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top hat (亠) · assembly line · person (人) · ten (十) · needle (丨)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1102

Compound words

卒業そつぎょう
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.)
卒業するそつぎょうする
to graduate
何卒なにとぞ
please; kindly; I beg of you; if it pleases you; by all means
学卒がくそつ
college graduate
高卒こうそつ
having graduated from high school (as one's highest completed level of education); high school graduate
大卒だいそつ
university graduate; having graduated from university
中卒ちゅうそつ
having graduated from junior high school (as one's highest completed level of education); having completed no schooling beyond junior high school; middle school graduate
新卒しんそつ
new graduate; recent graduate
卒業後そつぎょうご
after graduation
卒業式そつぎょうしき
graduation ceremony; commencement
卒業生そつぎょうせい
graduate; alumnus; alumna
脳卒中のうそっちゅう
stroke; cerebral haemorrhage; cerebral hemorrhage
引卒いんそつ
leading
軍卒ぐんそつ
soldier
軽卒けいそつ
rash
甲卒こうそつ
armored warrior
卒伍そつご
rank and file
卒爾そつじ
abrupt
匆卒そうそつ
hurried
怱卒そうそつ
hurried
戍卒じゅそつ
garrison
邏卒らそつ
serviceman on patrol
１等卒いっとうそつ
private first-class
一等卒いっとうそつ
private first-class

Additional Examples

彼は東大を卒業したのを自慢している。
He is proud of having graduated from Tokyo University.tatoeba
彼は東京大学を卒業した。
He graduated from Tokyo University.tatoeba
彼は大学卒業後カメラマンになった。
He became a cameraman after he graduated from college.tatoeba
彼は大学卒業後１０年間親のすねをかじって生活してきた。
He has lived off his parents for ten years since he graduated from college.tatoeba

Stroke Order

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