Japanese symbol for “purging”
一掃
いっそう
Romaji: issou
clean sweep; purging; doing away with; eradication
In Japanese, purging is 一掃, read いっそう (issou).
Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.
Meanings
- n, vs, vt clean sweep; purging; doing away with; eradication
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “purging”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 抹殺 | まっさつ massatsu | elimination (of a person, group, etc.); killing off; disposal |
| パージ | パージ paaji | purging (data) |
| 廓清 | かくせい kakusei | purification; cleaning up; purging |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 一緒 | いっしょ issho | (doing) together |
| 一番 | いちばん ichiban | number one; first; first place |
| 一つ | ひとつ hitotsu | one |
| 一般 | いっぱん ippan | general; universal |
| 一部 | いちぶ ichibu | one part; one portion; one section |
| 一方 | いっぽう ippou | one (esp. of two); the other; one way |
| 掃除 | そうじ souji | cleaning; sweeping; dusting |
| 清掃 | せいそう seisou | cleaning; clean-up; garbage collection |
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.