掻
scratch; rake; comb; paddle; behead
Radical: 扌 (hand). Strokes: 11画. Elements: 虫又扌. Variants: 搔. . Hangul: 소 [so].
Example compounds:
| ソウ | 隔靴掻痒【かっかそうようkakkasōyō】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 掻痒【そうようsōyō】itch; amyctic 掻爬【そうはsōha】curettage |
| かく | 掻く【かくkaku】to scratch; to perspire; to shovel 引っ掻く【ひっかくhikkaku】to scratch; to claw 裏を掻く【うらをかくurawokaku】to outwit; to pierce something all the way through |
Codepoints and classification codes:
Dictionary indices:
| 63bb | – | Unicode |
| 33-63 | – | JIS X 0208 |
| 1-3-8 | – | SKIP |
| 3c10.11 | – | TKD |
| 5703.6 | – | Four Corner |
| 1980 | – | Classic Nelson |
| 2175 | – | The New Nelson Character Dictionary by A. Nelson |
| 2252 | – | Remembering the Kanji by J. Heisig |
| 12477X | – | Daikanwajiten 「大漢和辞典」 by T. Morohashi vol. 00 p. 0 |