掃 sweep, brush 11 strokes jōyō, taught in secondary school old JLPT 2 #1255 in newspapers Readings Onソウ、シュ Kunは.く In Chinese 扫, traditional 掃 Words written with it 掃除 そうじ cleaning N5 掃海 そうかい sweeping the sea for mines 清掃 せいそう cleaning N2 一掃 いっそう clean sweep 掃く はく to sweep N2 掃除機 そうじき vacuum cleaner 掃討 そうとう cleaning up (enemy remnants) 大掃除 おおそうじ major cleanup 掃射 そうしゃ sweeping with fire