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