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掻 kanji
scratch, rake, comb, paddle, behead
- JLPT level
- Not on the lists
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- N2 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 11
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On readings
ソウ
Kun readings
かく
Variant forms
搔Words with 掻
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —掻痒itch; itching
- —掻爬curettage
- —掻器(stone) scraper
- —掻痒症pruritus; itching
- —掻痒感itchiness; itching; itching sensation
- —隔靴掻痒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
- —麻姑掻痒things happening exactly as one pleases (wishes); someone being very attentive to one's wishes
- —掻癢itch; itching