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掃

sweep
Stroke count: 11

Readings

On readingソウ、シュ
Kun readingは.く

Meanings

  1. sweepRtK
  2. brush
  3. clean
    彼は部屋を掃除するように私に言った。He ordered me to clean the room.tatoeba
    仏壇内部に汚れがあれば、掃除する。Clean the interior of the butsudan if necessary.wiki
  1. to sweep
  2. to brush
  3. to clean
  4. to gather silkworms

Popular Usage

掃除する掃除清掃

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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finger · fingers · feather duster · broom · apron · crown (冖) · towel

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1235

Compound words

彼は部屋の掃除をしなければならなかった。
He had to clean his room.tatoeba
彼は部屋の掃除が嫌いだ。
He hates cleaning his room.tatoeba
彼は日曜日に部屋を掃除した。
He cleaned his room on Sunday.tatoeba

Real voices: how native speakers say it

These sentences were read aloud by real people — native Japanese speakers — for the open Mozilla Common Voice project. Listen to how a phrase sounds in real speech: the intonation, the pace, the way words run together. Two speakers mean two different people read it — compare them.

青春時代、清掃員が清掃して清々しい
せいしゅんじだい、せいそういんがせいそうしてすがすがしいThe youth years, with the custodian cleaning and making things refreshing.
そろそろ部屋の掃除をするか
そろそろへやのそうじをするかMaybe it's time to clean my room.
歌を口ずさみながら掃除をする
うたをくちずさみながらそうじをするI hum while cleaning.

Recordings and sentences: Mozilla Common Voice, CC0

Stroke Order

11 strokes

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