掃海 (そうかい) — sweeping the sea for mines

掃海 is read そうかい and listed as a noun. Meaning: sweeping the sea for mines; dragging for mines.

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Related words

Other words in the dictionary that share a kanji with 掃海.

  • 掃討 そうとう cleaning up (enemy remnants)
  • 一掃 いっそう clean sweep
  • 清掃 せいそう cleaning
  • 掃く はく to sweep
  • 掃除 そうじ cleaning
  • 海中 かいちゅう in the sea
  • 海上 かいじょう (on the) sea
  • 海水 かいすい seawater
  • 東海 とうかい Tōkai region (of Honshu
  • 海外 かいがい foreign
  • 公海 こうかい high seas
  • 北海 ほっかい northern sea