曹 — kanji meaning “office”
曹
office, official, comrade, fellow
- Meanings
- office, official, comrade, fellow
- On'yomi
- ソウ (sou)、ゾウ (zou)
- Kun'yomi
- —
- Strokes
- 11
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #1998 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 73
- Chinese reading
- cáo — Chinese character page
Words with 曹
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 法曹 | ほうそう housou | legal profession; judicial officer; lawyer |
| 軍曹 | ぐんそう gunsou | sergeant |
| 法曹界 | ほうそうかい housoukai | legal circles |
| 御曹司 | おんぞうし onzoushi | son of a distinguished family; son of a noble |
| 曹長 | そうちょう souchou | master sergeant; sergeant major (JSDF) |
| 重曹 | じゅうそう juusou | baking soda; bicarbonate of soda; sodium bicarbonate |
| 兵曹 | へいそう heisou | warrant soldier |
| 曹洞宗 | そうとうしゅう soutoushuu | Soto school (of Zen Buddhism) |
| 曹達 | ソーダ sooda | soda |
| 一曹 | いっそう issou | master sergeant (JGSDF) |
| 一等軍曹 | いっとうぐんそう ittougunsou | sergeant first-class |
| 三曹 | さんそう sansou | sergeant (JGSDF) |
Data: KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.