JLPT N36画 · 6 strokesradical 卒grade 4freq #1023
graduate, die
On'yomi (音読み)
- ソツ
- シュツ
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
- そつ.する
About this kanji
The kanji 卒 means "to graduate" or "to die." It is commonly used as a verb in the form 卒する (そつ.する), which means "to graduate." You will often see it in compound words like 卒業 (そつぎょう), meaning "graduation," and 卒業生 (そつぎょうせい), which refers to a "graduate." Another example is 卒祭 (そつさい), meaning "graduation ceremony." A notable usage point is that while it primarily relates to graduation, it can also carry a more somber meaning in contexts like death, representing a significant ending in life.
Built from
土夭
Example sentences
大学を卒業した。
I graduated from university.
Meanings across languages
- English
- graduate, die
- Tiếng Việt
- tốt nghiệp, chết
- 日本語
- 卒業する, 卒死
- 한국어
- 졸업생, 죽다
- 中文
- 毕业生, 死
- id
- lulusan, meninggal
- th
- บัณฑิต, เสียชีวิต
- es
- graduado, morir
- fr
- diplômé, mourir
- de
- Absolvent, sterben
- pt
- formado, morrer
Common compounds
- 卒業そつぎょうgraduation
- 卒業生そつぎょうせいgraduate, alumnus
- 卒祭そつさいgraduation ceremony
- 卒業証書そつぎょうしょうしょdiploma
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