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sou


genesis, wound, injury, hurt, start, originate




CONTENTS

Components - Individual components of the kanji.
Bushu - Kanji that share the same bushu number.
Jouyou - Same Jouyou grade.
Skip - Same skip codes.
Example - Example sentences.
Usage - Words that use this kanji.
Drawing - How to draw this kanji.
References - References numbers found in an assortment of reference books.


TRANSLATIONS

English genesis
wound
injury
hurt
start
originate
Romaji sou
Korean chang
Mandarin chuang4 chuang1
Reading ソウ
ショウ
つく.る
はじ.める
きず
けず.しける
sou
shou
tsuku.ru
haji.meru
kizu
kezu.shikeru
Nanori (name) はじめ hajime
Radical name - -
      

DETAILS

Kanji
Radical no
Radical Number -
Bushu Number 18
Classical Radical # -
Frequency of use 741
Jouyou grade level 6
Stroke count 12
Hex ID 414F
Unicode ID 5275
Four corner code 8260.0
Skip code 1-10-2
Nelson index -
JIS 0208 code -
JIS 0212 code 3332 3F2E


COMPONENTS

StrokesRadicalRad. #RomajiEnglish
2 0 ko counter for articles, individual
2 0 kari reap, cut, clip, trim, prune
3 30 kuchi mouth



SAME BUSHU NUMBER 18

#KanjiRomajiEnglish
1 kaku divide
2 wari proportion, comparatively, divide, cut, separate, split
3 kari reap, cut, clip, trim, prune
4 kei punish, penalty, sentence, punishment
5 kei thorn, brier, whip
click here to see all 46 results.



SAME JOUYOU GRADE 6

#KanjiRomajiEnglish
1 i uncommon, queerness, strangeness, wonderful, curious, unusual
2 i bequeath, leave behind, reserve
3 iki range, region, limits, stage, level
4 u eaves, roof, house, heaven
5 ei reflect, reflection, projection
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SAME SKIP CODE 1-10-2

#KanjiRomajiEnglish
1 gai victory song
2 wari proportion, comparatively, divide, cut, separate, split
3 tsutomu diligence, become employed, serve
4 sou genesis, wound, injury, hurt, start, originate
5 gai scythe, suitability
click here to see all 7 results.



EXAMPLE SENTENCES

Note: Entries from the Tanaka Corpus (Examples) should be taken as extremely loose examples only, not definitive, please read http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/tanakacorpus.html for more information.

# Kanji English
1 ビルは独的な考えに富んでいる。
biru ha dokusouteki na kangae ni ton deiru .
Bill has a lot of original ideas.

2 その芸術家は数多くの美しい絵を造した。
sono geijutsuka ha kazuooku no utsukushi i e wo souzou shita .
That artist created a lot of beautiful pictures.

3 大学構内の中央に、立者の像が立っている。
daigakukounai no chuuou ni , souritsusha no zou ga tatte iru .
In the center of the university campus stands the statue of the founder.

4 ジョンは独的な考えに富んでいる。
jon ha dokusouteki na kangae ni ton deiru .
John has many original ideas.

5 学校の立百年を祝った。
gakkou no souritsu hyakunen wo iwatta .
We celebrated the centenary anniversary day.

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WORD USAGE

# Dict Kanji Hira/Kata English
1 Japanese 会の立者
kai no souritsusha
かいのそうりつしゃ
kainosouritsusha
(n) founder of a society

2 Japanese 開放
kaihou sou
かいほうそう
kaihousou
(n) open wound

3 Japanese 貫通銃
kantsuujuusou
かんつうじゅうそう
kantsuujuusou
(n) piercing bullet wound

4 Japanese 共同設者
kyoudou sousetsusha
きょうどうそうせつしゃ
kyoudousousetsusha
(n) co-founder

5 Japanese
ko sou
ふるきず
furukizu
(n) old wound scar old unpleasant incident

6 Concrete 表土を
hyoudo wo sou gu
ひょうどをはじめぐ
hyoudowohajimegu
strip topsoil

7 DDB
sou so
そうそ
souso
is wounded severely

8 DDB
sou gai
そうげ
souge
is wounded severely (?)

9 DDB 造主
souzoushu
そうぞうしゅ
souzoushu
creator

10 DDB
sousou
そうそう
sousou
newly built stūpa or other temple structure

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DRAWING

Note There is a problem with the stroke order in some of these kanji, I'm aware of it but have no time to fix it, like all online information it should be taken with a (large) grain of salt. To be clear: the problem is in the image drawing program not the Taka database.

Kanji drawing map

  • The green dot is the starting point!
  • Name above the completed radical is the reading
  • Name below the completed radical is the radical name
  • If you find an error, please email kanji at mahou.org

The stroke order information has been borrowed from the Taka Kanji Database




REFERENCES

1815 New Japanese-English Character Dictionary
702 Modern Reader's Japanese-English Character Dictionary
506 The New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary
- Japanese For Busy People vols I-III
- The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power
205 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
932 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese" 3rd ed.
1113 Kanji in Context
1179 Kanji Learners Dictionary
789 Essential Kanji
2843 2001 Kanji" (Bojinsha)
832 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese
950 Tuttle Kanji Cards
2f10.3 The Kanji Dictionary
1308 Kanji & Kana book" 2nd ed.
2127, 2.0303 Morohashi Daikanwajiten (index number, volume.page)
920 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters
900 Gakken Kanji Dictionary
1631 Remembering The Kanji
1696 Japanese Names



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