曹 office, official, comrade, fellow 11 strokes jōyō, taught in secondary school old JLPT 1 #1998 in newspapers Readings Onソウ、ゾウ In Chinese 曹 Words written with it 法曹 ほうそう legal profession 法曹界 ほうそうかい legal circles 軍曹 ぐんそう sergeant 御曹司 おんぞうし son of a distinguished family