Question

層 stratum, social class, layer, story, floor 2 801 14 44 しかばね・かばね・かばねだれ 形声 Phonetic The strata have piled up in an ever increasing pile of dirt. As the geologists go down the rocks, they flag each stratum with the name of the corresponding era.

Accepted Answer

ソウ 一層(いっそう): (1) much more; still more; all the more; more than ever (2) single layer (or storey, etc.) (3) rather; sooner; preferably高層(こうそう): multistory; multistoried; high-rise; high; tall階層(かいそう): class; level; stratum; layer; hierarchy大層(たいそう): very much; exaggerated; very fine 6 尸: corpse; remains; flag radical (no. 44)曽: formerly; once; before; ever; never; ex- 尸 3 層 stratum Archaeologists at a dig site place small flags marking layers or strata of rock. Each of these layers was formerly the top layer. (This is not increase! Hseige keeps messing up).

Kanji	層
Onyomi	ソウ
English	stratum, social class, layer, story, floor
Examples	一層(いっそう): (1) much more; still more; all the more; more than ever (2) single layer (or storey, etc.) (3) rather; sooner; preferably 高層(こうそう): multistory; multistoried; high-rise; high; tall 階層(かいそう): class; level; stratum; layer; hierarchy 大層(たいそう): very much; exaggerated; very fine
JLPT Level	2
Jouyou Grade	6
Frequency	801
Components	尸: corpse; remains; flag radical (no. 44) 曽: formerly; once; before; ever; never; ex-
Number of Strokes	14
Kanji Radical	尸
Radical Number	44
Radical Strokes	3
Radical Reading	しかばね・かばね・かばねだれ
Traditional Form	層
Classification	形声 Phonetic
Keyword	stratum
Koohii Story 1	The strata have piled up in an ever increasing pile of dirt. As the geologists go down the rocks, they flag each stratum with the name of the corresponding era.
Koohii Story 2	Archaeologists at a dig site place small flags marking layers or strata of rock. Each of these layers was formerly the top layer. (This is not increase! Hseige keeps messing up).

層 Flag Stratum Layers ソウ Social Class Story