Kanji

Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names

JLPT level: N1

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Stroke count: 14

Meaning: gargle, rinse mouth

Kunyomi: くちすす.ぐ くちそそ.ぐ うがい すす.ぐ

Onyomi: ソウ シュウ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: water

Examples

Onyomi Examples

石枕流 ソウセキチンリュウ sore loser who stubbornly refuses to admit being wrong

カンソウ washing one's hands and rinsing one's mouth

ススグ to rinse (one's mouth), to gargle

Kunyomi Examples

くちすすぐ to gargle, to rinse (the mouth)

うがい gargling, rinsing one's mouth

すすぐ to rinse (one's mouth), to gargle