Onyomi: シュ, ソウ · Kunyomi: は.く · Meanings: brush, sweep
Kanji for brush, sweep
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掃 is made from 扌 (hand) on the left and 帚 (broom) on the right. 扌 represents the hand and physical actions. 帚 means a broom, a tool used for cleaning. Using your hand to move a broom is how you clean floors and spaces. From this clear image of handling a broom, 掃 came to mean to sweep or clean.
掃 is using your hand to move a broom and clean.
Picture your hand (扌) holding a broom (帚), sweeping dust away from the floor. That cleaning motion is 掃.
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Meta |
|---|---|---|---|
| 掃除 | そうじ | cleaning, sweeping, dusting, scrubbing | common JLPT-N5 Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb |
| 払う | はらう | to pay (e.g. money, bill) | common JLPT-N4 Godan verb with 'u' ending, Transitive verb |
| 掃く | はく | to sweep, to brush, to clean | common JLPT-N2 Godan verb with 'ku' ending, Transitive verb |
| 掃除機 | そうじき | vacuum cleaner, vacuum, hoover | common Noun |
| 掃討 | そうとう | cleaning up (enemy remnants), sweeping clean (of opponents), mopping up | common Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb |
| 掃海 | そうかい | sweeping the sea for mines, dragging for mines | common Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb |
| 掃射 | そうしゃ | sweeping with fire, mowing down, strafing | Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb |
| 掃海艇 | そうかいてい | minesweeping ship, minesweeper | Noun |
| 掃除魚 | そうじうお | cleaner fish | Noun |
| 掃苔 | そうたい | visit to a family grave (esp. during the Bon festival) | Noun, Suru verb |
| 掃き出す | はきだす | to sweep out, to clean out | Godan verb with 'su' ending, Transitive verb |
| 掃き手 | はきて | hand touching the ground resulting in direct loss | Noun |
| 掃き溜め | はきだめ | rubbish heap, garbage dump | Noun |
| 掃引 | そういん | sweeping, scanning | Noun |
| 掃き掃除 | はきそうじ | sweeping and cleaning | Noun |