This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

Readings

Kana: ソウ、シュウ、ス、くちすす.ぐ、くちそそ.ぐ、うがい、すす.ぐ
Romaji: sou, shū, su, kuchisusu.gu, kuchisoso.gu, ugai, susu.gu
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Romaji

Meanings

gargle, rinse mouth

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  14
Radical Number:  85
Frequency:  2054
Grade:  9
Skip Pattern:  1-3-11
Korean Reading:  su
Chinese Reading:  shu4
Unicode:  6f31
JIS:  5E7B

Indexes

Nelson Index: 2669
New Nelson Index: 3293
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 3a11.4
Four Corner Index: 3718.2
Japanese Names Index: 2084
Daikanwanjiten Index: 18171
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 7.0242
Remembering the kanji Index: 2288
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 498
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 639
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 2385
Kodansha Kanji Index: 865

Words

(うがい)
gargling; rinsing one's mouth
枕流漱石 (ちんりゅうそうせき)
sore loser stubbornly refusing to admit being wrong and adhering to the far-fetched argument
盥漱 (かんそう)
washing one's hands and rinsing one's mouth
石に漱ぎ流れに枕す (いしにくちすすぎながれにまくらす)
refusing to admit being wrong and adhering to the far-fetched argument
濯ぐ (すすぐ、ゆすぐ、そそぐ)
to rinse; to wash out; to have one's revenge; to wipe out a disgrace
漱石枕流 (そうせきちんりゅう)
sore loser stubbornly refusing to admit being wrong and adhering to the far-fetched argument
含嗽 (がんそう、うがい)
gargling; rinsing one's mouth
漱ぐ (くちすすぐ)
to gargle; to rinse the mouth
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