層 — 14 strokes ／ Radical「尸」
道5Elementary year 6 ／ 14 strokes ／ Radical「尸」
- On
- ソウ
- Kun
- —
- Meaning
- layer; stratum; class
Origin
尸 "roof" plus 曾 "to pile up"; the storeys of a building stacked up — hence "layer, stratum."
Stroke order
Readings and examples
| ソウ | 層雲・高層・断層 |
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Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.
Compounds
- 地層ちそう
geological stratum
- 高層こうそう
high-rise
Example
がけに地層が見える。
The strata are visible in the cliff.
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)