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

8 strokes
Radical:
grass 艸 (艹)
Parts:

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 苔状 【タイジョウ】 mossy
  • 苔癬 【タイセン】 lichen
  • 青苔 【セイタイ】 green moss
  • 掃苔 【ソウタイ】 visit to a family grave (esp. during the Bon festival), removal of moss from a tombstone

Kun reading compounds

  • 苔 【こけ】 moss, short plants resembling moss (incl. other bryophytes, lichens, very small spermatophytes, etc.)
  • コケ植物 【コケしょくぶつ】 bryophyte (any of three groups of non-vascular land plants, incl. mosses, hornworts and liverworts)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
tai2, tai1
Korean:
tae

Spanish

Portuguese

French

3921 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
929 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2792 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1935 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
30778X Morohashi
5001 New Nelson (John Haig)
2356 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2443 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
3k5.27 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-5 SKIP code
2-4-5 SKIP code
4460.3 Four corner code
1-34-61 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
82d4 Unicode hex code