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層

Layer
Stroke count: 14

Readings

On readingソウ
JLPT level: N2JōyōGrade 6Level 24

Meanings

  1. layer
  2. stratumRtK
  3. social class
  4. story
  5. floor
  1. seam
  2. bed
  3. class

Popular Usage

一層高層大層階層

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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flag (方) · increase · formerly · horns · rice field (田) · brains · sun (日) · day (日)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1146

Compound words

一層いっそう
even more; still more; all the more; more than ever; one layer
高層こうそう
high-rise (building); multistory; multistoried; tall; high (altitude)
大層たいそう
very; extremely; exceedingly; greatly; terribly
階層かいそう
class; level; stratum; layer; hierarchy
上層じょうそう
upper stratum (classes, stories, storeys); upper layer; layer above
深層しんそう
depths; deep level
断層だんそう
fault; dislocation; gap; discrepancy
地層ちそう
stratum; geological formation; layer; bed (coal, gravel, etc.)
重層じゅうそう
multistoried; multilayered
成層圏せいそうけん
stratosphere
年齢層ねんれいそう
age range; age-group; age bracket
無党派層むとうはそう
unaffiliated voters; floating voters; swinging voters
下層かそう
lower layer
裳層もこし
pent roof (below the true roof of a pagoda, etc.)
沖積層ちゅうせきそう
alluvium
下層土かそうど
subsoil
化石層かせきそう
fossil bed
洪積層こうせきそう
diluvium
脂肪層しぼうそう
fatty layer
堆積層たいせきそう
sedimentary layer
富裕層ふゆうそう
wealthy people
顆粒層かりゅうそう
granular layer
オゾン層オゾンそう
ozone layer
ローム層ロームそう
stratum of loam

Additional Examples

彼は年をとるにつれて、一層謙虚になった。
The older he grew, the more modest he became.tatoeba
彼は先生にほめられて一層熱心に勉強した。
He studied all the harder for being praised by his teacher.tatoeba
彼は事態を一層悪くした。
He added insult to injury.tatoeba
彼は外見が大層変わってしまったので、あなたには彼だとわからないでしょう。
His appearance has changed so much that you may well not recognize him.tatoeba

Stroke Order

14 strokes

Layer. 尸 (roof) + 曽 (stack) — storeys built one on top of another.

Practice Writing

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