層 – stratum, social class, layer

14 strokesTaught in grade 6#801 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 層 means stratum, social class, layer, story, floor. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ソウ (sou). It is written with 14 strokes, under radical 尸 (no. 44).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ソウ	sou

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: 尸 (Kangxi radical 44). Components: 田・日・并・尸.

Words using 層

一層いっそうeven more高層こうそうhigh-rise (building)大層たいそうvery階層かいそうclass

Example sentences

階層問題に対する、消費社会論の著である。

It is a literary work confronting the class problem of a consumer society.

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Kanji with the same radical

局展屋居尾属届尽屈履尿尻屑屎

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