Japanese symbol for “scavenging”
清掃
せいそう
Romaji: seisou
cleaning; clean-up; garbage collection; scavenging
In Japanese, scavenging is 清掃, read せいそう (seisou).
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Meanings
- n, vs, vt cleaning; clean-up; garbage collection; scavenging
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “scavenging”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 腐肉食 | ふにくしょく funikushoku | scavenging |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 清潔 | せいけつ seiketsu | clean; hygienic; sanitary |
| 清算 | せいさん seisan | (financial) settlement; squaring accounts; clearing debts |
| 粛清 | しゅくせい shukusei | (political) purge |
| 清らか | きよらか kiyoraka | clean; clear |
| 清浄 | せいじょう seijou | pure; clean; purity |
| 掃除 | そうじ souji | cleaning; sweeping; dusting |
| 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 |
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.