Kanji

掻

掻

scratch, rake, comb, paddle, behead

Kanji

Grade

Secondary School

Strokes

11 strokes

Radical

扌部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

ソウ

Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)

かく

Example sentences

掻く かく
頭がかゆかったので、つい掻いてしまった。

I was so itchy that I accidentally scratched my head.

混じり まじり
白髪混じりの頭を掻きながら、彼は昔を思い出した。

While scratching his head mingled with white hair, he remembered the old days.

足掻く あがく
いくら足掻いても、今の状況を変えることはできない。

No matter how much you struggle, you cannot change the current situation.

掻き消す かきけす
激しい雨の音に彼の声が掻き消された。

His voice was drowned out by the sound of the heavy rain.

掻きむしる かきむしる
痒くて腕を掻きむしった。

I scratched my arm because it was itchy.

Example Vocabulary

掻く

かく

to scratch; to paddle; to snore; to sweat

足掻く

あがく

to struggle; to flounder; to strive in vain

掻き分ける

かきわける

掻き回す

かきまわす

引っ掻く

ひっかく

掻き消す

かきけす

to drown out (a sound); to erase; to make disappear completely

掻き消える

かききえる

掻き立てる

かきたてる

掻きむしる

かきむしる

to scratch hard; to tear at; to scratch frantically

掻き毟る

かきむしる

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