揩 — 12 strokes ／ Radical「扌」
道1University / general (hardest) ／ 12 strokes ／ Radical「扌」
- On
- カイ・カツ
- Kun
- ぬぐ.う
- Meaning
- to wipe
Origin
Hand 扌 with 皆 as phonetic: to rub a thing clean.
Stroke order
Compounds
- 揩うぬぐう
to wipe
- 拭うぬぐう
to wipe (usual writing)
Example
額の汗を揩って一息ついた。
They wiped the sweat from their brow and took a breath.
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)