掻
scratch; rake; comb; paddle; behead
11 strokes.
Readings
- かく (kun reading): 足掻く (あがく) to paw (at) the ground; 足掻き (あがき) struggling
- ソウ (on reading): 掻痒 (そうよう) itch; 掻爬 (そうは) curettage
Components
Words using 掻
- 足掻く (あがく) to paw (at) the ground
- 足掻き (あがき) struggling
- 掻き立てる (かきたてる) to stir up
- 掻い潜る (かいくぐる) to slip through
- 掻き分ける (かきわける) to push aside
- 掻痒 (そうよう) itch
- 掻爬 (そうは) curettage
- 掻器 (そうき) (stone) scraper
- 隔靴掻痒 (かっかそうよう) being frustrated because something is not quite as hoped (just as one cannot scratch an itch from outside a shoe)
- 麻姑掻痒 (まこそうよう) things happening exactly as one pleases (wishes)
- 掻灯 (かいともし) lantern hanging from the eaves of a temple or shrine
28 words in all.