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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 (19 words)

掃除ロボットそうじロボット

robotic vacuum cleaner

cleaning utensils

tidying a garden

to sweep clean

overhaul

sanitation worker

toilet cleaning

cleaning company

to sweep away

cleaner

to vacuum

chimney sweep

road sweeping machine

掃き初めはきぞめ

first house-cleaning of the year (on January 2)

清掃工場せいそうこうじょう

garbage processing plant

ロボット掃除機ロボットそうじき

robotic vacuum cleaner

特殊清掃とくしゅせいそう

special cleaning and disinfection (esp. after an accident or death)

掃き出しはきだし

sweeping out

一掃いっそう

clean sweep

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