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且 — Moreover

JLPT N15 strokesSecondary school
moreover, also, furthermore
On’yomiショ (sho)
On’yomi (so)
On’yomiショウ (shou)
Kun’yomi (katsu)

Stroke order (5 strokes)

1 2 3 4 5

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Common words using 且

WordReadingMeaning
且つかつ
katsu
and; moreover; besides
尚且つなおかつ
naokatsu
besides; furthermore; on top of that

Study notes

且 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 5 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. 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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