卒 – graduate, soldier, private

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The kanji 卒 means graduate, soldier, private, die. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ソツ、シュツ (sotsu, shutsu); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is そっ.する、お.える、お.わる、ついに、にわか (sossuru, oeru, owaru, tsuini, niwaka). It is written with 8 strokes, under radical 十 (no. 24).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ソツ	sotsu
On’yomi	シュツ	shutsu
Kun’yomi	そっ.する	sossuru
Kun’yomi	お.える	oeru
Kun’yomi	お.わる	owaru
Kun’yomi	ついに	tsuini
Kun’yomi	にわか	niwaka

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 十 (Kangxi radical 24). Components: 十・人・亠.

Words using 卒

卒業そつぎょうgraduation卒直そっちょくfrank

Example sentences

彼は学校を卒業したあと、ロンドンへ行った。

After he left school, he went to London.

Tatoeba #108866

私はポップ・ミュージックはそろそろ卒業しようと思っているの。

I feel I'm growing out of pop music.

Tatoeba #158934

Kanji with the same radical

十協午千半南単博卓卑

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