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Kanji Detail for 層 - "layer, stratum"

層

  • Meaning

    層 means "layer, stratum." Also associated with story.

    1. To pile up - To stack; layer upon layer.

    2. Layer - Multiple stacked things.

  • Words using 層

    • 一層 いっそう Listen even more; still more; all the more
    • 高層 こうそう Listen high-rise (building); multistory; multistoried
    • 断層 だんそう Listen fault; dislocation; gap
    • 地層 ちそう Listen stratum; geological formation; layer
    • 階層 かいそう Listen class; level; stratum
    • 年齢層 ねんれいそう Listen age range; age-group; age bracket
    • 上層 じょうそう Listen upper stratum (classes, stories, storeys); upper layer; layer above
    • 無党派層 むとうはそう Listen unaffiliated voters; floating voters; swinging voters

  • Four-character idioms with 層

    • 深層心理 しんそうしんり Listen deep psyche; unconscious mind; depth psychology
    • 薬九層倍 くすりくそうばい Listen there is a huge markup in medicines, making it a profitable field; medicines sell for ten times the cost of their ingredients

  • Tattoo check: 層

    • Verified meaning: layer, stratum
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • Also carries these associations: story
    • Traditionally considered inauspicious in names — Japanese readers may find it an unlucky choice. Check the meanings above carefully before using it on skin.

    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.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    stratum; social class; layer

  • Onyomi

    tip

    soh(ソウ) ソウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip
    none

  • Strokes

    tip

    15 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    尸 (shikabane・kabane・shikabanekammuri)

  • Related Keywords

    layer story stratum floor level tier multi-story building overlapping social class accumulate coating deposit pile up stack sheet thickness laminate sediment substrate

Sentences including 層

  • There are a lot of tall buildings in new york.

More kanji with the radical 尸 (shikabane・kabane・shikabanekammuri)

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