曽

See also: 曾

曽 U+66FD, 曽 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-66FD ← 曼 [U+66FC] CJK Unified Ideographs 曾 → [U+66FE]

Translingual

Japanese	曽
Simplified	曾
Traditional	曾

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)

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

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 曽 – see 曾 (“already; ever; once; previously; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 曾).

Japanese

Shinjitai	曽
Kyūjitai	曾

Glyph origin

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

Kanji

曽

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

Readings

• Go-on: ぞう (zō)
• Kan-on: そう (sō, Jōyō)
• Kan’yō-on: ぞ (zo, Jōyō ^†); そ (so)
• Kun: かつて (katsute, 曽て); すなわち (sunawachi, 曽ち)
• Nanori: かつ (katsu); つね (tsune)

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) • (sō-) 

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

Alternative forms

• ひい
• ひ