掃
掃 — so
Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).
- Korean reading
- 쓸[掃除] 소
- Romanization
- so
- English
- sweep, clear away; exterminate
- Mandarin
- sǎo
- Japanese on'yomi
- ソウ
- Japanese kun'yomi
- は.く
- Japanese usage
- Jōyō kanji
- School grade
- Secondary (Jōyō)
- Newspaper frequency
- #1,255 of 2,500
- Strokes
- 11
- Variant forms
- 埽
- Radical
- 手 (64, 8 residual)
- Phonetic component
- 帚
- Unicode
- U+6383
Parts that make up 掃
Korean example words with 掃
- 일소하다一掃 Korean gloss: 한꺼번에 싹 제거하다
- 소멸되다掃滅 Korean gloss: 싹 쓸려 없어지게 되다
- 소탕되다掃蕩 Korean gloss: 휩쓸려 죄다 없어져 버리다
- 소제하다掃除 Korean gloss: 더럽거나 어지러운 것을 쓸고 닦아서 깨끗하게 하다
- 청소되다淸掃 Korean gloss: 더럽거나 어지러운 것이 쓸리고 닦여서 깨끗하게 되다
- 소분하다掃墳 Korean gloss: 경사로운 일이 있을 때 조상의 산소를 찾아가 돌보고 제사를 지내다
- 대청소大淸掃 Korean gloss: 대규모의 청소
- 청소량淸掃量 Korean gloss: 청소를 한 양
- 청소법淸掃法 Korean gloss: 청소를 하는 방법
- 청소기淸掃機 Korean gloss: 청소를 할 때 쓰는 기계
- 청소조淸掃組 Korean gloss: 청소를 하기 위해 짜인 무리
- 청소부淸掃夫 Korean gloss: 청소하는 일을 직업으로 하는 남자
Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)
Japanese words with 掃
- 掃海そうかい sweeping the sea for mines; dragging for mines
- 清掃せいそう cleaning; clean-up; garbage collection
- 掃除そうじ cleaning; sweeping; dusting
- 一掃いっそう clean sweep; purging; doing away with
- 掃除機そうじき vacuum cleaner; vacuum; hoover
- 掃討そうとう cleaning up (enemy remnants); sweeping clean (of opponents); mopping up
- 大掃除おおそうじ major cleanup; spring cleaning
- 掃射そうしゃ sweeping with fire; mowing down; strafing
- 掃くはく to sweep; to brush; to clean
- 掃滅そうめつ wiping out; annihilation
- 掃引そういん sweeping; scanning
- 掃苔そうたい visit to a family grave (esp. during the Bon festival); removal of moss from a tombstone
Characters sharing the phonetic 帚
Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.
Other hanja read “소”
Other hanja with radical 手
Some glosses are machine-generated. Sources and licences are listed together — sources and licences