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漢字Kanji · in Textiles, Plants & Food

疎: alienate, rough

Also: neglect, shun, sparse, penetrate

JLPT N112 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

束 carries the meaning · 疋 carries meaning and sound

12 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

ソso · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 過疎かそunderpopulation; low population density
  • 疎開そかいevacuation (to the country)
  • 疎通そつう(mutual) understanding; communication
  • 疎遠そえんestrangement; alienation
  • 疎外そがいalienation; estrangement
  • 意思疎通いしそつう(reciprocal) communication

Special readingsThese words are read as a whole, not from the readings above.

  • 疎かおろそかnegligent; neglectful; careless

Also read ショ, うとい, うとむ, まばら, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Bolt/foot (疋) + bunch/bundle (束). To "measure" a wide space between items that are normally "bundled" together—suggesting a distance or a feeling of being alienated.”
From the 疋 bolt of cloth story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
疋

Also built on bolt of cloth (疋)

All 5
束

Also built on bundle (束)

Also read ソ

16 kanji share this on'yomiAll 16

Also read ショ

15 kanji share this on'yomiAll 15

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
疎 alienate · 疋
vs速 quick · ⻌
疎 has 疋 where 速 has ⻌.
In ChineseSimplified 疏 · traditional, as in Japanese · shū

Japan keeps the traditional form 疎; mainland China simplifies it to 疏.

Simplified
疏 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
疎 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin shū most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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