Japanese symbol for “hoover”
掃除機
そうじき
Romaji: soujiki
vacuum cleaner; vacuum; hoover
In Japanese, hoover is 掃除機, read そうじき (soujiki).
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Meanings
- n vacuum cleaner; vacuum; hoover
- n cleaning device
Written forms: 掃除機、掃除器. Readings: そうじき.
Kanji and stroke order
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 掃除 | そうじ souji | cleaning; sweeping; dusting |
| 清掃 | せいそう seisou | cleaning; clean-up; garbage collection |
| 一掃 | いっそう issou | clean sweep; purging; doing away with |
| 掃海 | そうかい soukai | sweeping the sea for mines; dragging for mines |
| 掃討 | そうとう soutou | cleaning up (enemy remnants); sweeping clean (of opponents); mopping up |
| 掃射 | そうしゃ sousha | sweeping with fire; mowing down; strafing |
| 解除 | かいじょ kaijo | termination (of a contract); cancellation; rescinding |
| 排除 | はいじょ haijo | exclusion; removal; elimination |
| 機能 | きのう kinou | function; facility; faculty |
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.