# 卒 — graduate; foot soldier

卒 means “graduate; foot soldier”. It is a JLPT N2 kanji written with 8 strokes. On'yomi: ソツ (sotsu). It has no common kun'yomi.

- Meaning: graduate; foot soldier
- On'yomi: ソツ (sotsu)
- Kun'yomi: —
- Strokes: 8
- Level: JLPT N2 · set Study

## How to remember 卒

Parts: 亠 lid · 从 two people · 十 ten; cross

## Don't confuse it with

[爽](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/refreshing/)

## More in the “Study” set

[修](https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/repair/) · [講](https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/lecture/) · [卒](https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/graduate/) · [訓](https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/instruction/)

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From Moji Ninja (https://moji.ninja/), a free app for learning hiragana, katakana and the JLPT kanji from N5 to N1 with spaced repetition. Page: https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/graduate/. Last updated 2026-11-01.