曽 = 田 + 日 + 丷

曽 is a Japanese kanji written with 11 strokes, listed here under the keyword “formerly”. It is built from 田 (rice field), 日 (day) and 丷 (horns). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 540. It appears as a component in 6 other characters in this index.

Keyword: formerly
RTK frame: 540
Strokes: 11
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading): ソウ, ソ, ゾウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading): かつ, かつて, すなわち
Script: Japanese kanji
Also known as: increase, ранее, mask
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi: 曽 already

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

Characters that contain 曽

How to find 曽 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “rice field” + “day” + “horns”. 曽 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 曽 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.