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掃 — 11 strokes ／ Radical「扌」

道
3Junior high level ／ 11 strokes ／ Radical「扌」
On
ソウ・シュそう・しゅ · sō · shu
Kun
は.くha.ku
Meaning
sweep

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

扌 "hand" with 帚 "broom": to sweep with a broom.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onソウそうsō掃除そうじ清掃せいそう一掃いっそう
Kunはくhaku掃くはく

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 掃除そうじ

    cleaning

  • 清掃せいそう

    cleaning; sanitation

More words with this kanji

  • 拭き掃除ふきそうじ
  • 灑掃さいそう
  • 掃盪そうとう

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

教室(きょうしつ)の掃除(そうじ)を当番(とうばん)でする。

We clean the classroom by turns.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

清掃掃除掃清pure除to rem…択choose抑hold…抽extrac…拘arrest排reject双pair殊especi…桑mulber…葬bury滝waterf…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 扌Map of reading ソウAll maps

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