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層

Kanji 層: meaning "Stratum, Social Class, Layer", readings, stroke order

The kanji 層 means "Stratum, Social Class, Layer". On'yomi: ソウ; kun'yomi: —. JLPT N2 kanji, with example words.

Readings

Meaning
Stratum, Social Class, Layer
On'yomi
ソウ
Kun'yomi
—
Strokes
14
Level
JLPT N2
Official status
Jōyō (common-use kanji)
Old form
層 旧字体: the form used before 1946, still seen in names and older texts.

Words with 層

  • 一層 いっそう — much more, still more
  • 高層 こうそう — tall, high rise
  • 大層 たいそう — very much, greatly
  • 階層 かいそう — class, level, stratum, hierarchy

Stroke order · 14 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8
  9. 9
  10. 10
  11. 11
  12. 12
  13. 13
  14. 14

Strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

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