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Kanji Detail for 卒 - "to graduate, to finish, soldier"

卒

  • Meaning

    卒 means "to graduate, to finish, soldier."

    1. Graduate - To complete studies.

    2. Finish - To end; to conclude.

    3. Soldier - A low-ranking military person.

  • Words using 卒

    • 卒業 そつぎょう Listen graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from)
    • 大卒 だいそつ Listen university graduate; having graduated from university
    • 高卒 こうそつ Listen having graduated from high school (as one's highest completed level of education); high school graduate
    • 新卒 しんそつ Listen new graduate; recent graduate
    • 学卒 がくそつ Listen college graduate
    • 脳卒中 のうそっちゅう Listen stroke; cerebral haemorrhage; cerebral hemorrhage
    • 中卒 ちゅうそつ Listen having graduated from junior high school (as one's highest completed level of education); having completed no schooling beyond junior high school; middle school graduate
    • 何卒 なにとぞ Listen please; kindly; I beg of you

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    • Verified meaning: to graduate, to finish, soldier
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read そす)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 卒

    Given names 卒(そす)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    graduate; soldier; private; die

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    soldier; servant; at last, finally

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    variant of 卒[zu2]

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    soldier; servant; at last, finally

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    A servant who performs duties. Such as 走卒 (runner). Also, soldiers are called 兵卒. | To end. Such as 卒事, 卒業, meaning having completed it. | A particle. Has the meaning of "after all" or "in the end." Such as 卒能成事 (eventually succeeded), 卒無所獲 (ultimately gained nothing). | When a grand master dies, it's called 卒. Also, dying of old age is called 卒. Both appear in (Book of Rites). Today, referring to birth and death as 生卒. | Sudden; hasty. Such as 倉卒, 卒然. Both interchangeable with 猝.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    shutsu(シュツ) シュツ

    sotsu(ソツ) ソツ

  • Kunyomi

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    niwaka(にわか) にわか

    o.eru(お-える) お-える

    o.waru(お-わる) お-わる

    so.ssuru(そ-っする) そ-っする

    tsuini(つい-に) つい-に

  • Strokes

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    8 strokes

  • Radical

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    亠 (nabebuta・keisankammuri)十 (ju)

  • Related Keywords

    graduate finish soldier in the end servant ultimately completion accomplish achieve conclude complete death degree fulfill guard military terminate

Sentences including 卒

  • What will you do after graduation?

  • On graduating from college , she got married.

  • After he left school , he went to london.

  • He was put through university with money left by his uncle.

  • I owe it to my brother that i was able to finish college.

  • I graduated from kyoto university.

  • I owe it to my parents that i was able to finish college.

  • As soon as he graduated , he left town.

  • I graduated from the school.

  • I graduated from university last year.

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