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掃

掃 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. はく、はらう、きよめる、すてる。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

会意。「手」+「帚」。「はく」を意味する漢語｛掃｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

sweep, brush

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ソウJHS
  • シュ
Kun (native)
  • は(く)JHS
Nanori (used in names)
  • か
Other languages
  • 拼音sao3
  • 拼音sao4
  • 한글so
  • Hán-ViệtTảo

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
11 strokes
Radical
手(て)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 2
Unicode
U+6383

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰扌帚

Words using this kanji

  • 掃海そうかい海上および海中の機雷や不発弾などの危険物を処分して、船舶が安全に通行できるようにすること。sweeping the sea for mines, dragging for mines
  • 掃除そうじごみや埃、汚れなどを取り除いて綺麗にすること。cleaning, sweeping, dusting, scrubbing
  • 掃除機そうじき清掃の目的で、塵埃を吸引し容器にためる機能を有する道具。一般に、電動の減圧（真空）機構を利用したものであるため、電気掃除機、真空掃除機とも呼ぶ。 掃除機をかける。vacuum cleaner, vacuum, hoover, cleaning device
  • 掃討そうとう敵や不用なものなどを徹底的に取り除くこと。cleaning up (enemy remnants), sweeping clean (of opponents), mopping up
  • 掃くはく「はく」を参照。to sweep, to brush, to clean, to gather silkworms
  • 掃射そうしゃ機関銃などを広角度に連続して弾丸を発射すること。sweeping with fire, mowing down, strafing
  • 掃滅そうめつ残らず滅ぼしてしまうこと。wiping out, annihilation
  • 掃引そういんsweeping, scanning
  • 掃苔そうたい苔を除去すること。 墓参のこと。visit to a family grave (esp. during the Bon festival), removal of moss from a tombstone
  • 掃海艇そうかいてい掃海任務で使用される小型の艦艇。minesweeping ship, minesweeper
  • 掃除婦そうじふ建物の内外を掃除する役目の女性。cleaning woman
  • 掃除人そうじにんjanitor, cleaner
  • 掃き手はきてhand touching the ground resulting in direct loss
  • 掃除魚そうじうおcleaner fish
  • 掃除屋そうじや掃除を行う店、人。 殺し屋。cleaner, janitor, night soil gatherer
  • 掃溜菊ハキダメギクshaggy soldier (Galinsoga quadriradiata), Peruvian daisy
  • 掃き出すはきだすto sweep out, to clean out
  • 掃き立てはきたてnewly swept (room, etc.), gathering silkworms from the egg paper
  • 掃き溜めはきだめrubbish heap, garbage dump
  • 掃き掃除はきそうじsweeping and cleaning

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-3-8
Four Corner
5702.7
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3c8.22
Heisig
1235
Nelson
1945