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  1. Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Transitive verb

    to tear off; to pluck; to scratch off

    Usually written using kana alone

    彼女は身体を折り曲げておなかをかきむしった。
    She doubled over, clutching her side.

Also written 掻きむしる【かきむしる】

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Characters in this word

2
掻
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

scratch, rake, comb, paddle, behead

Kun
か.く
On
ソウ
Strokes
11
Radical
手 hand

Built from

虫又扎
Words starting with 掻Words ending in 掻Anywhere in a word
Dictionary and index codes (13)
CodeReference
1-3-8SKIP code
3c10.11The Kanji Dictionary
5703.6Four corner code
63bbUnicode hex code
1-33-63JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1980Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2175New Nelson (John Haig)
619Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2252Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2356Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
12477XMorohashi
sao1Pinyin reading
soKorean reading
毟
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

pluck, pick, tear, (kokuji)

Kun
むし.る
Strokes
8
Radical
毛 fur

Built from

ノ小毛
Words starting with 毟Words ending in 毟Anywhere in a word
Dictionary and index codes (9)
CodeReference
2-4-4SKIP code
3n5.1The Kanji Dictionary
9071.4Four corner code
6bdfUnicode hex code
1-61-59JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
207Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3014New Nelson (John Haig)
16790Morohashi
moKorean reading