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Kotomora

漕

rowing, scull, paddle

StatusJinmeiyōFrequencyTop 5,000Strokes14

Readings

On'yomi

  • ソウ

Kun'yomi

  • こ.ぐ
  • はこ.ぶ

Meaning

漕 centers on propelling a boat through water using oars: rowing, sculling, or paddling.

Most common words using 漕

  • 漕ぐこぐ
    N2

    to row; to paddle; to scull; to pull (the oars)

  • 阿漕あこぎ

    greedy; ruthless; cruel; exploitative

  • 漕艇そうてい

    rowing; boating

  • サバニ帆漕サバニはんそう

    sabani sailing and paddling regatta (Okinawa)

  • 力漕りきそう

    rowing hard

  • 回漕かいそう

    shipping; transport by sea

  • 回漕業かいそうぎょう

    shipping business

  • 手漕ぎてこぎ

    rowing; paddling (by hand)

  • 手漕ぎボートてこぎボート

    rowboat

  • 漕ぎ出すこぎだす

    to start rowing; to begin to row

  • 漕ぎ寄せるこぎよせる

    to row up to (e.g. a ship)

  • 漕ぎ手こぎて

    rower; oarsman

  • 漕艇場そうていじょう

    rowing course; rowing centre (center)

  • 競漕きょうそう

    regatta; boat race

  • 船を漕ぐふねをこぐ

    to nod off (while sitting); to doze off; to row a boat

  • 藪漕ぎやぶこぎ

    hiking through dense vegetation; pushing one's way through a thicket; bushwhacking

  • 運漕うんそう

    marine transport; sea freight; shipping

  • 運漕店うんそうてん

    (sea) freight agency; shipping agency

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Etymology

漕 combines the water radical 氵 with 曹, which likely contributes the sound ソウ and may relate to the idea of a trough or channel, suggesting water being moved in a controlled way.

Meaning mnemonic

Water 氵 plus 曹 (which looks like a boat with oars): picture a boat being rowed through the water, the oars dipping in and out.

Reading mnemonic

For ソウ, imagine the sound of oars slicing through water: 'sow, sow' — the rhythmic 'sow' cues ソウ as you row.