掻 – scratch, rake, comb

11 strokesN3 vocabulary

The kanji 掻 means scratch, rake, comb, paddle, behead. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ソウ (sou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is か.く (kaku). 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
Kun’yomi	か.く	kaku

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: 虫・又・扎.

Words using 掻

掻くかくto scratch掻き回すかきまわすto stir引っ掻くひっかくto scratch

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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