To provide a sponge which can increase a wire wool's power to keep a dishwashing detergent, which can increase an effect of rubbing off a burnt deposit of a pan, and which can decrease an amount and waste of the detergent.

The sponge for rubbing off a burnt deposit of a pan has a hard sponge 2 provided on one side of a soft sponge 4 for washing dishes. An opening 3 is provided at the center of the hard sponge 2, and a round wire wool 1 is inserted and fixed in the opening 3.