The kanji 曹: meaning, readings and stroke order

曹

Meaning: official, sergeant
On reading: ソウ sou
Kun reading: —
Strokes: 11
Radical: 曰 say
Level: Level 9 · senior high school

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: quan chức, hạ sĩ quan (tào)
Japanese: やくにん。ぐんたいのくらいのひとつ。
Korean: 관리, 하사관 (조)
Chinese: 官吏、军士

Readings, words and example sentences

ソウ sou · on reading · less common

法ほう曹そう
the legal profession (judges, lawyers)
法ほう曹そうの仕事を調べます。
I look into jobs in the legal profession.

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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.