掻 — kanji meaning “scratch”
掻
scratch, rake, comb, paddle, behead
- Meanings
- scratch, rake, comb, paddle, behead
- On'yomi
- ソウ (sou)
- Kun'yomi
- か.く
- Strokes
- 11
- Classical radical
- 64
- Chinese reading
- sāo
Words with 掻
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 掻く | かく kaku | to scratch |
| 掻き | かき kaki | stroke (swimming); arm stroke |
| 足掻く | あがく agaku | to paw (at) the ground |
| 足掻き | あがき agaki | struggling; pawing (e.g. horses' hooves) |
| 掻痒 | そうよう souyou | itch; itching |
| 掻爬 | そうは souha | curettage |
| 掻き毟る | かきむしる kakimushiru | to tear off; to pluck; to scratch off |
| 掻っ切る | かっきる kakkiru | to cut; to slit; to slash |
| 藻掻く | もがく mogaku | to struggle; to writhe; to wriggle |
| 掻っ攫う | かっさらう kassarau | to snatch (and run); to carry off; to swipe |
| 隔靴掻痒 | かっかそうよう kakkasouyou | being frustrated because something is not quite as hoped (just as one cannot scratch an itch from outside a shoe); having an itch that one cannot scratch |
| 掻い摘む | かいつまむ kaitsumamu | to sum up; to summarize; to summarise |
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