Entry
  1. Noun, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

    lower layer; layer beneath

    彼女の収入では下層中流階級の生活を続けるのがやっとだった。
    Her income barely maintained her in the lower middle class.
  2. lower strata (classes)

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

below, down, descend, give, low, inferior

Kun
したしももとさ.げるさ.がるくだ.るくだ.りくだ.す-くだ.すくだ.さるお.ろすお.りる
On
Strokes
3
Taught
Grade 1
JLPT
N5
Frequency
97 of 2500
Radical
one
WaniKani
Level 1

Built from

Used in names as

さかしと

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
4-3-1SKIP code
2m1.2The Kanji Dictionary
1023.0Four corner code
3154deroo
4e0bUnicode hex code
1-18-28JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
9New Nelson (John Haig)
3378New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4186Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2115Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2862Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
50Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
51Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
72A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
46Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
30Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
14Morohashi
7A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
31Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
31Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
21sakade
6Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
24henshall3
13Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
75crowley
32Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.1busy_people
4Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
50Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
xia4Pinyin reading
haKorean reading
n5JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
1WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

stratum, social class, layer, story, floor

On
ソウ
Strokes
14
Taught
Grade 6
JLPT
N2
Frequency
801 of 2500
Radical
corpse
WaniKani
Level 24

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (30)
CodeReference
3-3-11SKIP code
3r11.2The Kanji Dictionary
7726.6Four corner code
3778deroo
5c64Unicode hex code
1-33-56JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1402Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1432New Nelson (John Haig)
3161New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3920Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2021Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2728Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1065Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1146Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
893A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1183Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
7798XMorohashi
921A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1367Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1454Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
486Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
934henshall3
977Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1725Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
533Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1074Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
ceng2Pinyin reading
cheungKorean reading
n2JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
24WaniKani level