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匝

匝: go around

go around; place-name kanji
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Readings

On
キョウ・ソウ
Kun
めぐる

Met almost only in place names: 匝瑳 (そうさ, Chiba) and 周匝 (すさい, Okayama).

Key words

匝瑳そうさSōsa (Chiba)
匝瑳郡そうさぐんSōsa District (Chiba)
周匝すさいSusai (Okayama)

Example sentences

Sōsa in Chiba Prefecture is a quiet area with wide rice fields.

Chiba Prefecture once had a district called Sōsa District.

In Okayama I saw the place name Susai, but I had no idea how to read it.

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