Kanji
N2 11 strokes Grade 8 freq #1255

sweep, brush

On'yomi (音読み)

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

Radical (部首)

hand te

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

sweeping the sea for mines; dragging for mines
cleaning; clean-up
cleaning; sweeping
clean sweep; purging
vacuum cleaner; vacuum
cleaning up (enemy remnants); sweeping clean (of opponents)
major cleanup; spring cleaning
sweeping with fire; mowing down

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

to sweep; to brush

Example sentences

He was cleaning his room.

The servant swept the floor.

With this you can make a clean sweep of leftover breakfast smells and such to make the air clean.

The government promised to wipe out poverty.