JLPT N2 · 11 strokes
Kanji 掃: "sweep, brush"
The kanji 掃 means "sweep, brush". It is written with 11 strokes and belongs to JLPT level N2, read ソウ, シュ in on'yomi and は.く in kun'yomi.
Stroke order
Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.
Readings
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ソウシュ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
は.く
In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.
At a glance
| Meaning | sweep, brush |
|---|---|
| Strokes | 11 |
| JLPT level | N2 |
| Taught in Japan | secondary school |
| Frequency rank | 1255 of 2,501 |
Common words with 掃
The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.
- 掃除cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
- 清掃cleaning; clean-up; garbage collection; scavenging
- 一掃clean sweep; purging; doing away with; eradication
- 掃討cleaning up (enemy remnants); sweeping clean (of opponents); mopping up
- 掃除機vacuum cleaner; vacuum; hoover · cleaning device
- 掃くto sweep; to brush; to clean · to gather silkworms
- 大掃除major cleanup; spring cleaning
- 掃除当番one's turn for doing the sweeping (cleaning)
- 掃射sweeping with fire; mowing down; strafing
- 耳掃除ear cleaning; cleaning one's ears
- 拭き掃除cleaning; scrubbing
- トイレ掃除toilet cleaning
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