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掃

JLPT N2 11 strokes Frequency: #1255

Meanings

Sweep, Brush

Radicals

扌

Decomposition

⿰扌帚

Etymology

Ideographic: To use 扌 a broom 帚; 帚 also provides the pronunciation

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 11

Stroke Order

1 horizontal bottom-to-top

2 hook bottom-right-to-top-left

3 rising bottom-to-top

4 corner right-to-left

5 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

6 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

7 dot bottom-right-to-top-left

8 corner bottom-right-to-top-left

9 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left

10 hook bottom-right-to-top-left

11 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

ソウ sou

シュ shu

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

は ha

Words Using This Kanji

59 words total

Other (20 words)

garbage truck

cleaning

street cleaner

to sweep

cleaning up (enemy remnants)

to sweep out

cleaning

to sweep up

sweeping the sea for mines

掃き立てはきたて

newly swept (room, etc.)

cleaning woman

to sweep up together

minesweeping ship

major cleanup

street sweeper (person)

vacuum cleaner

wiping out

sweeping with fire

electric vacuum cleaner

真空掃除機しんくうそうじき

vacuum cleaner

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