卒
卒 — Graduate
graduate, soldier, private, die
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)
Stroke order (8 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 卒
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 卒業 | そつぎょう sotsugyou | graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from) |
| 大卒 | だいそつ daisotsu | university graduate; having graduated from university |
| 高卒 | こうそつ kousotsu | having graduated from high school (as one's highest completed level of education); high school graduate |
| 新卒 | しんそつ shinsotsu | new graduate; recent graduate |
| 学卒 | がくそつ gakusotsu | college graduate |
| 脳卒中 | のうそっちゅう nousocchuu | stroke; cerebral haemorrhage; cerebral hemorrhage |
Study notes
卒 is a JLPT N2 kanji written with 8 strokes. It is taught in Japanese elementary school (grade 4), so native children learn it early — a good sign it appears everywhere. Ranked #772 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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