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Kanji Details

掃

Strokes: 11
IDC: ⿰4
Frequency: 1474

Readings

On'yomi: ソウ(呉)
Kun'yomi: は（く）、はら（う）
Nanori: かに、のぶ
English: sweep; brush

Radical: 手 ( て・てへん ), hand

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Grade/Category

JLPT Level: N2 (intermediate)
Kanji Kentei Level: 3
Jōyō (2nd grade of junior high school)

「そっか。暇(ひま)なら掃除(そうじ)しといて。」「なんだそれ。兄貴(あにき)をアゴで使(つか)うなよ。」: "Oh? If you're free get the cleaning done." "What's up with that? Don't order your brother around!"
砂(すな)をほうきで掃(は)きました。: I swept the sand with a broom.
彼(かれ)は私(わたし)に部屋(へや)を掃除(そうじ)せよと命(めい)じた。: He ordered me to sweep the room.

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