曽

See also: 曾

Translingual

Japanese	曽
Simplified	曾
Traditional	曾

Etymology

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

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)

1. already
2. sign of the past

Derived characters

• 僧 憎 増 層 噌 (Japanese shinjitai)

Descendants

• そ
• ソ

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

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Japanese

Shinjitai	曽
Kyūjitai	曾

Kanji

曽

(common “Jōyō” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 曾)

Readings

• On (unclassified): ぞ (zo, Jōyō ^†); そう (sō, Jōyō); そ (so)
• Kun: かつて (katsute, 曽て); すなわち (sunawachi, 曽ち)

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) or 曽(prefix) • (sō or prefix) [[Category:Japanese
|そう]]

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

Alternative forms

• ひい
• ひ