Vocabulary
かっかそうよう隔靴掻痒 かっかそうよう隔靴掻痒 かっかそうよう隔靴掻痒

Meaning

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

Practice Writing

Character: 1/4
Stroke: 1/0

Component Analysis

隔靴掻痒
being frustrated because something is not quite as hoped (just as one cannot scratch an itch from outside a shoe), having an itch that one cannot scratch
かっかそうよう
隔
isolate, alternate, distance...
へだ.てる, へだ.たる, カク
⻖
( 阜 )
鬲
tripod
かなえ, へだ.てる, カク
一
one, one radical (no.1)
ひと-, ひと.つ, イチ
口
mouth
くち, コウ, ク
冂
upside-down box radical (no. 13)
キョウ, ケイ
儿
( 八 ) legs radical (no. 10)
がい, ジン, ニン
丿
katakana no radical (no. 4)
えい, よう, ヘツ
靴
shoes
くつ, カ
革
leather, skin, reform...
かわ, カク
廿
twenty
にじゅう, ジュウ, ニュウ
十
ten
とお, と, ジュウ
口
mouth
くち, コウ, ク
化
change, take the form of, influence...
ば.ける, ば.かす, カ
亻
( 人 ) radical number 9
𠤎
乚
hidden, mysterious, secret...
かく.す, かく.れる, イン
丿
katakana no radical (no. 4)
えい, よう, ヘツ
掻
scratch, rake, comb...
か.く, ソウ
扌
( 手 ) hand, hand radical (no. 64)
シュ
𧈡
又
or again, furthermore, on the other hand
また, また-, ユウ
虫
insect, bug, temper
むし, チュウ, キ
中
in, inside, middle...
なか, うち, チュウ
口
mouth
くち, コウ, ク
丨
number one, line, rod radical (no. 2)
すす.む, しりぞ.く, コン
痒
itchy
かゆ.がる, かさ, ヨウ
疒
trailing sickness, sick radical (no. 104)
や.む, ダク, ニャク
羊
sheep
ひつじ, ヨウ
䒑
grass, straw, herbs...
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