14 strokes
Jinmeiyou kanji used in names
Kentei exam level 1
JLPT exam level N1

gargle, rinse mouth

Kun'yomi
  • to gargle
  • くちそそ
  • gargling
  • to rinse (one's mouth)
On'yomi
  • ソウ
  • シュウ

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Character Breakdown

gargle, rinse mouth
ソウ シュウ ス (Kentei 1, N1)
water, water radical (no. 85)
さんずい
bundle, sheaf, ream
ソク たば つか (4th, N3)
tree, wood
き モク こ- (1st, N5)
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)
lack, gap, fail
ケツ か.ける ケン (4th, N3)
knife, wrapping enclosure(勹) variant
person
ひと ニン ジン (1st, N5)

Common Words

sore loser who stubbornly refuses to admit being wrong
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References

Unicode hex code 6F31
JIS X 0208 1-62-91
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 2669
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 3293
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 865
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha) 498
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 639
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2288
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 2385
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 2084
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 18171
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana 2146
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 3a11.4
Four corner code 3718.2