Jisho

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11 strokes
Radical:
hand 手 (扌龵)
Parts:
Variants:
sweep, brush
Kun:
は.く
On:
ソウシュ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
1255 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 掃除 【ソウジ】 cleaning, sweeping, dusting, scrubbing
  • 掃海 【ソウカイ】 sweeping the sea for mines, dragging for mines
  • 特殊清掃 【トクシュセイソウ】 special cleaning and disinfection (esp. after an accident or death), biohazard cleanup, crime scene cleanup

Kun reading compounds

  • 掃く 【はく】 to sweep, to brush, to clean, to gather silkworms

Readings

Japanese names:
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
sao3, sao4
Korean:
so

Spanish

  • cepillo
  • barrer
  • arrastrar con todo

Portuguese

  • varrer
  • escovar

French

  • balayer
  • brosser
  • nettoyer
1519 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1235 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1945 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
947 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
574 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1319 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1080 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1128 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
957 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
907 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
611 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
372 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
464 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1160 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
12237P Morohashi
503 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2207 New Nelson (John Haig)
1152 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1235 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1442 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1344 2001 Kanji
3c8.22 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-8 SKIP code
5702.7 Four corner code
1-33-61 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6383 Unicode hex code

10 strokes
Radical:
speech 言 (訁)
Parts:
chastise, attack, defeat, destroy, conquer
Kun:
う.つ
On:
トウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
528 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 討論 【トウロン】 debate, discussion
  • 討議 【トウギ】 debate, discussion
  • 征討 【セイトウ】 subjugation, conquest
  • 追討 【ツイトウ】 tracking down and killing, punitive expedition

Kun reading compounds

  • 討つ 【うつ】 to attack, to destroy, to defeat, to conquer, to avenge

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
tao3
Korean:
to

Spanish

  • disparar
  • atacar
  • asaltar
  • investigar
  • vengar

Portuguese

  • castigar
  • atacar
  • derrotar
  • destruir
  • conquistar

French

  • débat
  • châtier
  • attaquer
  • vaincre
  • conquérir
  • détruire
849 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
956 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
945 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
466 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4316 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
642 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1740 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1018 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1057 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
946 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1663 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1846 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
977 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1324 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
346 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
35231 Morohashi
1456 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5561 New Nelson (John Haig)
340 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
364 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
910 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3048 2001 Kanji
7a3.3 The Kanji Dictionary
1-7-3 SKIP code
0460.0 Four corner code
1-38-04 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8a0e Unicode hex code