曽: Formerly; Once; BeforeKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it

Words that use the on'yomi (ソウ・ソ・ゾウ)

• 佐曽羅さそらincense variety used in kōdō (orig. from India)
• 曽祖母そうそぼgreat-grandmother; great-grandma
• 曽祖父そうそふgreat-grandfather; great-granddad
• 曽祖父母そうそふぼgreat-grandparents
• 木曽路きそじsection of the Nakasendo
• 木曽馬きそうまvar. of horse raised in Nagano and Gifu
• 未曽有みぞうunprecedented; unheard-of
• 鬢曽木びんそぎcutting a person's sidelocks; evenly cut sidelocks (symbol of adulthood for noblewomen in the Heian era)

Other readings

• 曽孫ひまごgreat-grandchild
• 曽ひいgreat (i.e. great-grandson, great-grandmother)

Kanji that often appear with 曽

• 祖
• 木
• 母
• 父
• 孫
• 佐
• 羅
• 路
• 馬
• 未
• 有