Kanji1 / 14
層 kanji
stratum, social class, layer, story, floor
- JLPT level
- N2 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N3 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 14
- School grade
- Grade 6 (elementary school)
On readings
ソウ
Kun readings
NoneVariant forms
層Words with 層
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —正断層normal fault
- —逆断層reverse fault
- —深層水deep water (depth: 2000-4000 meters)
- —底層水bottom water (depth: 4000+ meters)
- —中層水intermediate water (depth: 200-2000 meters)
- —上層水surface water (depth: 0-200 meters)
- —低木層understory (understorey)
- —草本層herbaceous layer
- —帯水層aquifer
- —多層塔many-tiered tower; pagoda
- —層序学stratigraphy
- —下位層lower level
- —階層化stratification; hierarchization; layering; tiering
- —上位層upper level; upper layer
- —層管理layer-management
- —物理層physical layer; PHY
- —支配層ruling class
- —富裕層wealthy people; the rich
- —超高層extreme height; high-rise (i.e. building)
- —表層形surface form