層 — kanji meaning “stratum”
層
stratum, social class, layer, story, floor
- Meanings
- stratum, social class, layer, story, floor
- On'yomi
- ソウ (sou)
- Kun'yomi
- —
- Strokes
- 14
- School grade
- 6
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 2
- Newspaper frequency
- #801 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 44
- Chinese reading
- céng — Chinese character page
Words with 層
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 一層 | いっそう issou | even more; still more; all the more |
| 高層 | こうそう kousou | high-rise (building); multistory; multistoried |
| 階層 | かいそう kaisou | class; level; stratum |
| 上層 | じょうそう jousou | upper stratum (classes, stories, storeys); upper layer; layer above |
| 断層 | だんそう dansou | fault; dislocation |
| 深層 | しんそう shinsou | depths; deep level |
| 地層 | ちそう chisou | stratum; geological formation; layer |
| 下層 | かそう kasou | lower layer; layer beneath |
| 表層 | ひょうそう hyousou | surface; outer layer |
| 重層 | じゅうそう juusou | multistoried; multilayered |
| 成層圏 | せいそうけん seisouken | stratosphere |
| 大層 | たいそう taisou | very; extremely; exceedingly |
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