noun

Rare.
  1. first house-cleaning of the year (on January 2), first sweeping.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
 
掃き初め はきぞめ

Contained Kanji Breakdown

sweep, brush
ソウ は.く シュ (8th, N2)
hand, hand radical (no. 64)
シュ
broom
ソウ シュウ ほうき (Kentei 1)
snout, hand
wa-shaped crown radical (no. 14)
ベキ (Kentei 1)
towel, hanging scroll, width
キン フク おお.い (11th)
first time, beginning
ショ はじ.め はつ (4th, N3)
clothes, clothing radical (no. 145
ころも
sword, saber, knife
かたな トウ ち (2nd, N1)