疎
疎 — Alienate
alienate, rough, neglect, shun, sparse, penetrate
On’yomiソ (so)
On’yomiショ (sho)
Kun’yomiうとい (utoi)
Kun’yomiうとむ (utomu)
Kun’yomiまばら (mabara)
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 疎
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 過疎 | かそ kaso | underpopulation; low population density; depopulation |
| 疎開 | そかい sokai | evacuation (to the country); spreading out (troops); deployment |
| 疎通 | そつう sotsuu | (mutual) understanding; communication; passing without obstruction |
| 疎か | おろそか orosoka | negligent; neglectful; careless |
| 疎遠 | そえん soen | estrangement; alienation; neglecting to stay in contact |
| 疎外 | そがい sogai | alienation; estrangement; leaving (someone) out |
Study notes
疎 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 12 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1572 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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