卒 — kanji meaning “graduate”
卒
graduate, soldier, private, die
- Meanings
- graduate, soldier, private, die
- On'yomi
- ソツ (sotsu)、シュツ (shutsu)
- Kun'yomi
- そっ.する、お.える、お.わる、ついに、にわか
- Strokes
- 8
- School grade
- 4
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 2
- Newspaper frequency
- #772 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 24
- Chinese reading
- zú, cù — Chinese character page
Words with 卒
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 卒業 | そつぎょう sotsugyou | graduation; completion (of a course) |
| 新卒 | しんそつ shinsotsu | new graduate; recent graduate |
| 大卒 | だいそつ daisotsu | university graduate; having graduated from university |
| 高卒 | こうそつ kousotsu | having graduated from high school (as one's highest completed level of education); high school graduate |
| 何卒 | なにとぞ nanitozo | please; kindly; I beg of you |
| 脳卒中 | のうそっちゅう nousotchuu | stroke; cerebral haemorrhage; cerebral hemorrhage |
| 中卒 | ちゅうそつ chuusotsu | having graduated from junior high school (as one's highest completed level of education); having completed no schooling beyond junior high school; middle school graduate |
| 卒業生 | そつぎょうせい sotsugyousei | graduate; alumnus; alumna |
| 学卒 | がくそつ gakusotsu | college graduate |
| 卒論 | そつろん sotsuron | graduation thesis; bachelor's degree thesis |
| 卒倒 | そっとう sottou | fainting; swooning |
| 兵卒 | へいそつ heisotsu | private (soldier); (common) soldier; ranks |
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