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N2 Kanji 57: 層
Meaning：
In Japanese，層 means “layer”.
How to read it：
Kunyomi：Not often used
Onyomi：そう
How to write it：
Origin：
You can see someone sitting on a multi-layer chair.
So 層 means “layer”.
Development:
Vocabulary:
| Level | Word | Reading | Meaning | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inter | 層 | そう | layer | Noun |
| Inter | 一層 | いっそう | more | Adv |
| Inter | 階層 | かいそう | hierarchy | Noun |
| Adv | 大層 | たいそう | great | na-Adj |
| Adv | 上層 | じょうそう | upper layer | Noun |
| Adv | 高層 | こうそう | high-rise | Noun |
| Adv | 下層 | かそう | lower layer | Noun |
| Adv | 深層 | しんそう | depth | Noun |
| H_Adv | 断層 | だんそう | fault | Noun |
| H_Adv | 重層 | じゅうそう | multistoried | Noun |
| S_Adv | 表層 | ひょうそう | surface | Noun |
| S_Adv | 地層 | ちそう | strata | Noun |
| Others | 年齢層 | ねんれいそう | age range | Noun |
| Others | 多層 | たそう | multilayer | Noun |
| Others | 各層 | かくそう | each layer | Noun |
| Others | 基層 | きそう | base layer | Noun |
| Others | 成層 | せいそう | stratification | Noun |
| Others | 客層 | きゃくそう | customer base | Noun |
| Others | 古層 | こそう | layers of history | Noun |
| Others | 中層 | ちゅうそう | medium-rise | Noun |
| Others | 低層 | ていそう | low-rise | Noun |
| Others | 職層 | しょくそう | job level | Noun |
| Others | 層雲 | そううん | stratus | Noun |
| Others | 層状 | そうじょう | layered | Noun |
| Others | 土層 | どそう | soil layer | Noun |
| Others | 炭層 | たんそう | coal seam | Noun |
| Others | 層間 | そうかん | intercalation | Noun |
| Others | 層内 | そうない | intralayer | Noun |
| Others | 複層 | ふくそう | multi-layered | Noun |
| Others | 積層 | せきそう | laminating | Noun & Verb |
| Others | 全層 | ぜんそう | all layers | Noun |
| Others | 内層 | ないそう | inner layer | Noun |
| Others | 初層 | はつそう | first layer | Noun |
| Others | 層化 | そうか | stratification | Noun |
| Others | 薄層 | はくそう | thin layer | Noun |
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