掃 – sweep, brush

11 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1255 in newspaper frequencyN5 vocabulary

The kanji 掃 means sweep, brush. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ソウ、シュ (sou, shu); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is は.く (haku). It is written with 11 strokes, under radical 手 (no. 64).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ソウ	sou
On’yomi	シュ	shu
Kun’yomi	は.く	haku

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 手 (Kangxi radical 64). Components: ヨ・巾・冖・扎.

Words using 掃

掃除そうじcleaning掃くはくto sweep清掃せいそうcleaning

Example sentences

あなたの部屋を掃除しましたか。

Did you clean your room?

Tatoeba #233037

お前は床を掃きさえすればよい。

You have only to sweep the floor.

Tatoeba #226930

美術館の東の陳列棟は清掃のため閉鎖されていた。

The museum's eastern gallery was closed for cleaning.

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Kanji with the same radical

手持指投打提挙援担技撃推接授摘批

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