Hanja Analyzer
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

  • 扌 손 수variant of 手 다섯 손가락을 편 손손으로 하는 동작
  • 帚 비 추, 털 추sound 자루를 동여맨 비쓸어 내는 일

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

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