Kanji
曾
kanji character
once
before
formerly
ever
never
ex-
曾 kanji-曾 once, before, formerly, ever, never, ex-
曾
Meaning
once before formerly
Readings
Kun'yomi
- かつて
- かって
- すなわち
On'yomi
- そう そん great-grandchild
- そう ゆう former visit
- そう そふ great-grandfather
- くま そ Kumaso (ancient Japanese people who lived in southern Kyushu)
- き そ じ Kiso valley section of the Nakasendo
- さ そ ら incense variety used in kōdō (orig. from India)
- ぞう
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Component Analysis
曾
once, before, formerly...
かつ.て, か.って, ソウ
CDP-8B63
( CDP-8B63 )
Common Words
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曾 てonce, before, formerly... -
曾 孫 great-grandchild -
曾 great (i.e. great-grandson, great-grandmother) -
曾 遊 former visit -
熊 曾 Kumaso (ancient Japanese people who lived in southern Kyushu), Kumaso (former province located in present-day Miyazaki Prefecture) -
曾 祖 父 great-grandfather, great-granddad, great-grandad -
曾 祖 母 great-grandmother, great-grandma -
曾 我 派 Soga school of Japanese painting -
白 檜 曾 Veitch's silver fir (Abies veitchii) -
曾 おじいさんgreat-grandfather -
曾 おばあさんgreat-grandmother -
未 曾 有 unprecedented, unheard-of, record-breaking -
木 曾 馬 Kiso horse (Japanese indigenous horse breed), kisouma -
木 曾 路 Kiso valley section of the Nakasendo -
佐 曾 羅 incense variety used in kōdō (orig. from India) -
未 だ曾 てnever (before) -
大 白 檜 曾 Maries' fir (Abies mariesii) -
曾 お祖 父 さんgreat-grandfather -
曾 お祖 母 さんgreat-grandmother -
伊 曾 保 物 語 Aesop's Fables (published initially by the Jesuits in 1593)