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The kanji 疎: meaning, readings and stroke order
疎
- Meaning
- sparse, distant
- On reading
- ソ so
- Kun reading
- うと（い） utoi、うと（む） utomu、うと（ましい） utomashii
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 疋 bolt of cloth
- Level
- Level 9 · senior high school
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- thưa thớt, xa cách (sơ)
- Japanese
- まばら。したしくない。
- Korean
- 드물다, 멀어지다 (소)
- Chinese
- 稀疏、疏远 (疏)
Readings, words and example sentences
ソ so · on reading · less common
過疎
depopulation (too few people living there)
過疎の 村を 訪ねます。
I visit a village where very few people live now.
うと（い） utoi · kun reading · less common
疎い
not familiar with, not good at
機械には 疎いです。
I don't know much about machines.
うと（む） utomu · kun reading · less common
疎む
to shun, to keep away from
だれも 疎みません。
I don't shut anyone out.
うと（ましい） utomashii · kun reading · less common
疎ましい
unpleasant, annoying (to be around)
しつこい 電話が 疎ましく なりました。
The endless phone calls became annoying.
Practise writing 疎 in the app
In Dino Kids your child writes 疎 with a finger and every stroke is checked, then takes the Level 9 practice test. Free, no ads, no in-app purchases.
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.