Meaning
floor · layer · social class · story · stratum
On'yomi
ソウ
Common compounds (16)
- 一層 いっそうlowest floor (of a building)
- 高層 こうそうhigh (altitude); upper (atmosphere, air current, etc.)
- 断層 だんそうfault; dislocation
- 地層 ちそうstratum; geological formation; layer; bed (coal, gravel, etc.)
- 階層 かいそうclass; level; stratum; layer; hierarchy
- 年齢層 ねんれいそうage range; age-group; age bracket
- 上層 じょうそうupper stratum (classes, stories, storeys); upper layer; layer above
- 無党派層 むとうはそうunaffiliated voters; floating voters; swinging voters
- 深層 しんそうdepths; deep level
- 重層 じゅうそうmultistoried; multilayered
- 成層圏 せいそうけんstratosphere
- 下層 かそうlower strata (classes)