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掻

Readings

Kana: ソウ、か.く
Romaji: sou, ka.ku
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

scratch, rake, comb, paddle, behead

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  11
Radical Number:  64
Frequency: 
Grade: 
Skip Pattern:  1-3-8
Korean Reading:  so
Chinese Reading:  sao1
Unicode:  63bb
JIS:  415F

Indexes

Nelson Index: 1980
New Nelson Index: 2175
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 3c10.11
Four Corner Index: 5703.6
Daikanwanjiten Index: 12477X
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 00.0000
Remembering the kanji Index: 2252
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 2356
Kodansha Kanji Index: 619

Words

掻く (かく)
to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle
掻い撫で (かいなで)
superficial
掻き均す (かきならす)
to smooth out
掻き起こす (かきおこす)
to stir up
掻っ攫う (かっさらう)
to nab; to snatch
掻い摘む (かいつまむ)
to sum up; to summarize; to summarise
掻き口説く (かきくどく)
to complain; to pester; to plead; to beg
掻き玉汁 (かきたまじる)
egg soup
掻き寄せる (かきよせる)
to sweep; to rake up
掻き回す (かきまわす)
to stir up; to churn; to ransack; to disturb
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