Word Meaning 掻痒

そうよう souyou

掻痒 is read as そうよう (souyou) and means itch.

Meaning

English

  1. itch
  2. itching

Reading

Kana

そうよう

Romaji

souyou

Writing Variants

  • そう痒 そうよう souyou
  • 掻癢 そうよう souyou
  • 搔痒 そうよう souyou
  • 瘙痒 そうよう souyou

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 22 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

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掻痒感

そうようかん

itchiness

掻痒症

そうようしょう

pruritus

麻姑掻痒

まこそうよう

things happening exactly as one pleases (wishes)

隔靴掻痒

かくかそうよう

being frustrated because something is not quite as hoped (just as one cannot scratch an itch from outside a shoe)

掻き回す

かきまわす

to rummage around

掻く

かく

to perspire

痒い

かいい

itchy

歯痒い

はがゆい

(feeling) impatient