掃
掃 — Sweep
sweep, brush
On’yomiソウ (sou)
On’yomiシュ (shu)
Kun’yomiはく (haku)
Stroke order (11 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 掃
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 掃海 | そうかい soukai | sweeping the sea for mines; dragging for mines |
| 清掃 | せいそう seisou | cleaning; clean-up; garbage collection |
| 掃除 | そうじ souji | cleaning; sweeping; dusting |
| 一掃 | いっそう issou | clean sweep; purging; doing away with |
| 掃く | はく haku | to sweep; to brush; to clean |
| 掃討 | そうとう soutou | cleaning up (enemy remnants); sweeping clean (of opponents); mopping up |
Study notes
掃 is a JLPT N2 kanji written with 11 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1255 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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