Entry
  1. Noun

    struggling; pawing (e.g. horses' hooves)

    Usually written using kana alone

    足掻きがとれない。
    She is struggling helplessly.
Pitch on OJAD

Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

leg, foot, be sufficient, counter for pairs of footwear

Kun
あした.りるた.るた.す
On
ソク
Strokes
7
Taught
Grade 1
JLPT
N4
Frequency
343 of 2500
Radical
foot
WaniKani
Level 4

Built from

Used in names as

あすおすたらし

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
2-3-4SKIP code
7d0.1The Kanji Dictionary
6080.1Four corner code
3770deroo
8db3Unicode hex code
1-34-13JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4546Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
5856New Nelson (John Haig)
2188New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2714Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1386Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1873Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1279Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1372Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
305A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
461Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
135Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
37365Morohashi
51A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
58Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
58Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
29sakade
90Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
36henshall3
67Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
338crowley
171Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.6busy_people
1759Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1287Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
zu2, ju4Pinyin reading
jog, juKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
4WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

scratch, rake, comb, paddle, behead

Kun
か.く
On
ソウ
Strokes
11
Radical
hand

Built from

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