Kanji N1

喪: miss, mourning

喪 is a JLPT N1 kanji meaning miss, mourning, written with 12 strokes. It is read ソウ (on) and も (kun). It is one of the jōyō kanji taught in secondary school. You will see it in 喪主 (もしゅ, chief mourner) and 喪失 (そうしつ, loss).

喪

Meanings

  • miss
  • mourning
Strokes12
JLPT levelN1
School gradeSecondary school
Frequency#885 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • ソウ

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • も

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

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Common words with 喪

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 喪主もしゅ

    chief mourner

  • 喪失そうしつ

    loss; forfeit

  • 喪も

    mourning

  • 喪服もふく

    mourning clothes; mourning attire

  • 喪章もしょう

    mourning band; mourning ribbon

  • 服喪ふくも

    going into mourning

  • 大喪たいそう

    funeral service of a Japanese emperor

  • 心神喪失しんしんそうしつ

    insanity; lack of mental capacity

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY.