掻 — readings, stroke count and radical

  • Non-Jōyō kanji
  • 11 strokes

Stroke order

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

Meaning

scratch, rake, comb, paddle, behead

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ソウ
Kun (native)
  • か(く)
Other languages
  • 拼音sao1
  • 한글so
  • Hán-ViệtTao

Basics

Strokes
11 strokes
Radical
手(て)
JIS level
Level 1
Unicode
U+63BB

Components

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

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰扌𧈡

Words using this kanji

  • 掻くかくto scratch, to perspire, to shovel, to paddle
  • 掻痒そうようitch, itching
  • 掻爬そうはcurettage
  • 掻灯かいともしlantern hanging from the eaves of a temple or shrine
  • 掻敷かいしきleaf, branch with leaves, or paper placed under a serving dish or offering
  • 掻きかきstroke (swimming), arm stroke
  • 掻器そうき(stone) scraper
  • 掻痒症そうようしょうpruritus, itching
  • 掻痒感そうようかんitchiness, itching, itching sensation
  • 掻っ攫うかっさらうto snatch (and run), to carry off, to swipe, to nab
  • 掻き毟るかきむしるto tear off, to pluck, to scratch off
  • 掻い摘むかいつまむto sum up, to summarize, to summarise
  • 掻い繰るかいくるto haul in hand over hand
  • 掻っ払いかっぱらいpilfering, snatching, swiping, filching
  • 掻い掘りかいぼりdraining a pond, lake or ditch (esp. to remove fish, purify water, etc.), cleaning a well
  • 掻い撫でかいなでsuperficial (knowledge, learning, etc.), shallow
  • 掻き切るかききるto cut, to slit, to slash
  • 掻っ払うかっぱらうto swipe, to filch, to pilfer, to snatch
  • 掻い込むかいこむto carry under the arm, to scoop up (liquid)
  • 掻き均すかきならすto smooth out, to rake

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(50 results)

Variants

Lookup codes

SKIP
1-3-8
Four Corner
5703.6
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3c10.11
Heisig
2356
Nelson
1980