疎 alienate, rough, neglect, shun, sparse, penetrate 12 strokes jōyō, taught in secondary school old JLPT 1 #1572 in newspapers Readings Onソ、ショ Kunうと.い、うと.む、まば.ら In Chinese 疎 Words written with it 過疎 かそ underpopulation N1 疎開 そかい evacuation (to the country) 疎通 そつう (mutual) understanding 疎遠 そえん estrangement 疎外 そがい alienation 意思疎通 いしそつう (reciprocal) communication 空疎 くうそ empty (e.g. argument)