office, official, comrade, fellow
On'yomi (音読み)
- ソウ
- ゾウ
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
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About this kanji
The kanji 「曹」 primarily means a type of office or official position and is often used to describe comrades or fellows in various contexts. It is typically used as a noun rather than a verb. You may encounter it in compounds like 法曹 (ほうそう), meaning the legal profession, which refers to lawyers and judges; 軍曹 (ぐんそう), meaning sergeant, which is a military rank; or 御曹司 (おんぞうし), which describes the son of a distinguished family. A quick note is that while 「曹」 doesn’t have commonly used kun’yomi (Japanese readings), its on’yomi readings are prevalent in formal contexts.
Example sentences
曹操の軍事戦略は優れていた。
Cao Cao's military strategies were excellent.
Meanings across languages
- English
- office, official, comrade, fellow
- Tiếng Việt
- văn phòng, chức viên, đồng chí
- 日本語
- 役所, 公務員, 仲間
- 한국어
- 사무실, 공무원, 동지
- 中文
- 办公室, 官员, 同志
- id
- kantor
- th
- สำนักงาน
- es
- oficina, oficial
- fr
- bureau, officiel
- de
- Büro, Offizieller
- pt
- escritório
Common compounds
- 法曹ほうそうlegal profession, judicial officer, lawyer
- 法曹界ほうそうかいlegal circles
- 軍曹ぐんそうsergeant
- 御曹司おんぞうしson of a distinguished family, son of a noble
- 一曹いっそうmaster sergeant (JGSDF)
- 三曹さんそうsergeant (JGSDF)
- 児曹じそうchildren
- 重曹じゅうそうbaking soda, bicarbonate of soda, sodium bicarbonate
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