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搔 — 12 strokes ／ Radical「手」

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On
ソウそう · sō
Kun
か.くka.ku
Meaning
scratch

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Hand with an element for crawling insects: to scratch with the nails.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 搔くかく

    to scratch

  • 搔痒そうよう

    itching

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

蚊(か)に刺(さ)された所(ところ)を搔(か)いてしまった。

I ended up scratching where the mosquito bit me.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

搔痒搔痒itchy手hand折to fol…承to rec…挘to plu…拿to sei…匝go rou…庄manor宋Song…蚤flea捷swift
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 手Map of reading ソウAll maps

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