掃
sweep; brush
11 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school. Newspaper frequency rank 1255.
Readings
- ソウ (on reading): 掃除 (そうじ) cleaning; 掃除機 (そうじき) vacuum cleaner
- はく (kun reading): 掃き出す (はきだす) to sweep out; 掃き溜め (はきだめ) rubbish heap
- シュ (on reading)
Components
- 扌
- 帚
- 冖 radical cover
- ヨ radical snout, katakana yo
- 巾 radical cloth
- ⺘ radical hand, left-side form of 手
Words using 掃
- 掃除 (そうじ) cleaning
- 掃除機 (そうじき) vacuum cleaner
- 清掃 (せいそう) cleaning
- 掃海艇 (そうかいてい) minesweeping ship
- 風呂掃除 (ふろそうじ) cleaning a bath tub
- 掃き出す (はきだす) to sweep out
- 掃き溜め (はきだめ) rubbish heap
- 掃き寄せる (はきよせる) to sweep up
- 掃き集める (はきあつめる) to sweep up together
- 掃き立て (はきたて) newly swept (room, etc.)
64 words in all.