喪
喪 — Miss
miss, mourning
On’yomiソウ (sou)
Kun’yomiも (mo)
Stroke order (12 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 喪
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 喪主 | もしゅ moshu | chief mourner |
| 喪失 | そうしつ soushitsu | loss; forfeit |
| 喪 | も mo | mourning; calamity; misfortune |
| 服喪 | ふくも fukumo | going into mourning |
| 大喪 | たいそう taisou | funeral service of a Japanese emperor; Imperial mourning |
| 喪服 | もふく mofuku | mourning clothes; mourning attire; mourning dress |
Study notes
喪 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 12 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #885 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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