01
卒業
そつぎょう
graduation
Meanings
- graduate
- soldier
- private
- die
Readings
Onyomi
- ソツ
- シュツ
Kunyomi
- そっ.する
- お.える
- お.わる
- ついに
- にわか
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Useful words
02
卒業式
そつぎょうしき
graduation ceremony
03
卒業生
そつぎょうせい
graduate
04
大卒
だいそつ
university graduate
05
卒論
そつろん
graduation thesis
06
新卒
しんそつ
new graduate
Compare Kanji
01率Shape88%ratio, rate率 looks like a busier cousin of 卒, with extra strokes wrapped around the center.02学Meaning82%study, learningGraduation naturally points back to school, making 学 a practical meaning link.03終Meaning80%end, finishFinishing a course and finishing in general meet neatly in 終.04兵Meaning76%soldier, privateThe “soldier” sense of 卒 is easier to remember beside 兵.05軍Meaning70%army, force軍 widens the soldier meaning into the larger military world.06死Meaning62%death, dieThe older “die” sense is uncommon, but 死 marks that darker edge of 卒.