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曹

office
Stroke count: 11

Readings

On readingソウ、ゾウ
JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. office
    大尉は軍曹よりも階級が上だ。A captain is above a sergeant.tatoeba
    日曹コンツェルンNisso Konzern Groupwiki
  2. official
  3. comrade
  4. fellow
  5. cadetRtK

Radicals and components

Radical曰say
Components
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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one (一) · bend · sun (日) · day (日)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1257

Compound words

法曹ほうそう
legal profession; judicial officer; lawyer; attorney
法曹界ほうそうかい
legal circles
１曹いっそう
master sergeant (JGSDF)
３曹さんそう
sergeant (JGSDF)
一曹いっそう
master sergeant (JGSDF)
軍曹ぐんそう
sergeant
三曹さんそう
sergeant (JGSDF)
曹魏そうぎ
Cao Wei (kingdom in China during the Three Kingdoms period; 220-266)
御曹司おんぞうし
son of a distinguished family
御曹子おんぞうし
son of a distinguished family
兵曹長へいそうちょう
(Japanese Imperial Navy) chief warrant-officer
１等軍曹いっとうぐんそう
sergeant first-class
一等軍曹いっとうぐんそう
sergeant first-class
三等軍曹さんとうぐんそう
sergeant
曹灰硼石そうかいほうせき
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Additional Examples

大師 (僧)曹洞宗。
Daishi of the Soto sect.wiki

Stroke Order

11 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 曹

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step