漕
rowing, scull, paddle
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
Study
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.