01
掃除
そうじ
cleaning
Meanings
- exclude
- division (x/3)
- remove
- abolish
- cancel
- except
Readings
Onyomi
- ジョ
- ジ
Kunyomi
- のぞ.く
- -よ.け
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Useful words
02
除く
のぞく
to exclude
03
削除
さくじょ
deletion
04
除外
じょがい
exclusion
05
免除
めんじょ
exemption
06
解除
かいじょ
cancellation
Compare Kanji
01去Meaning83%gone, past去 gives 除 a basic removal idea through going away.02消Meaning84%extinguish, blow outErasing or disappearing in 消 is close to removing something with 除.03削Meaning75%plane, sharpen削 removes by shaving down, a physical cousin of the broader 除.04掃Meaning67%sweep, brushSweeping in 掃 shows removal as cleaning, not just exclusion.05余Component72%too much, myself余 inside 除 separates it from other left-hill kanji.06防Component55%ward off, defendThe left-side hill radical appears in 防 too, but the meanings move toward blocking instead of removing.