I Love Kanji掃く (haku)
掃く (はく, haku) is a Japanese verb meaning “to sweep; to brush”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- はく
- Romaji
- haku
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in く
- Level
- JLPT N3 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to sweep; to brush; to clean · godan verb, transitive
- to gather silkworms · godan verb, transitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 掃く
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in く. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 掃く | はく haku |
| Polite (~masu) | 掃きます | はきます hakimasu |
| Negative | 掃かない | はかない hakanai |
| Polite negative | 掃きません | はきません hakimasen |
| Past | 掃いた | はいた haita |
| Polite past | 掃きました | はきました hakimashita |
| Negative past | 掃かなかった | はかなかった hakanakatta |
| Te-form | 掃いて | はいて haite |
| Potential | 掃ける | はける hakeru |
| Passive | 掃かれる | はかれる hakareru |
| Causative | 掃かせる | はかせる hakaseru |
| Volitional | 掃こう | はこう hakou |
| Imperative | 掃け | はけ hake |
| Conditional (~ba) | 掃けば | はけば hakeba |
Kanji in 掃く
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 掃く.
Source: JMdict entry 1399760 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.