The kanji 喪: meaning, readings and stroke order

喪

Meaning: mourning, lose
On reading: ソウ sou
Kun reading: も mo
Strokes: 12
Radical: 口 mouth, opening
Level: Level 9 · senior high school

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: tang, mất đi (tang)
Japanese: ひとがなくなったあとのかなしみのとき。うしなう。
Korean: 상, 잃다 (상)
Chinese: 丧事、丧失 (丧)

Readings, words and example sentences

ソウ sou · on reading · less common

喪そう失しつ
loss, losing
自信を 喪そう失しつしました。
He lost his confidence.

も mo · kun reading · less common

喪も服ふく
mourning clothes
喪も服ふくを着て出かけます。
I put on mourning clothes and go out.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.