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掃
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扫
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sweep

HSK 10 N2
Human →Actions
sǎo, sào
ソウ、シュ
は.く
소
Depicts using a hand (扌) sweeping with a broom (帚).
Components
Traditional (掃)
扌 hand (side)+ 帚 broom =
掃 sweep
扌 Meaning component
shou hand (side)
hand
扌 is a component form of 手.
帚 Meaning component
zhǒu broom
variant of 帚[zhǒu]
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Simplified (扫)
扌 hand (side)+ 彐 snout =
扫 sweep
扌 Meaning component
shou hand (side)
hand
扌 is a component form of 手.
彐 Simplified component
jì snout
Shorthand for the 帚 component in the traditional character 掃.
Notes
Similar Characters
奉 proffer扎 prick扑 strike (simp)扒 pick pockets打 strike扔 throw away払 caress (jp)托 hold up (simp)扛 carry over the shoulder扢 caper扣 button扦 poke扪 stoke (simp)扫 clear (simp)扬 scatter (simp)扭 twist扮 play the part of扯 yank扰 annoy (simp)扳 tug
Historical Evolution
Bronze Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Seal Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Seal
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
掃
Regular
Modern
Chinese
扫 / 掃 [sǎo]
to sweep
扫 / 掃 [sào]
broom
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
掃 そう
Sou surname
CHINESE WORDS (48)
扫描 [sǎo​miáo] #3,597
to scan
打扫 [dǎ​sǎo] #2,991
to clean
扫地 [sǎo​dì] #8,279
to sweep the floor
清扫 [qīng​sǎo] #12,283
to tidy up
扫兴 [sǎo​xìng] #8,403
to have one's spirits dampened
横扫 [héng​sǎo] #16,482
to sweep away
扫荡 [sǎo​dàng] #13,479
to root out
扫帚 [sào​zhou] #11,556
broom
扫除 [sǎo​chú] #20,329
to sweep
扫射 [sǎo​shè] #17,655
to rake with machine gunfire
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JAPANESE WORDS (67)
⭐ 払う [はらう] #1,077
to pay (e.g. money, bill)
⭐ 掃除 [そうじ] #1,804
cleaning
⭐ 吐き出す [はきだす] #3,221
to vomit
⭐ 清掃 [せいそう] #11,515
cleaning
⭐ 一掃 [いっそう] #12,438
clean sweep
⭐ 掃討 [そうとう] #19,622
cleaning up (enemy remnants)
⭐ 掃除機 [そうじき] #21,265
vacuum cleaner
⭐ 掃く [はく] #21,318
to sweep
⭐ 大掃除 [おおそうじ] #21,340
major cleanup
掃除当番 [そうじとうばん] #31,858
one's turn for doing the sweeping (cleaning)
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KOREAN WORDS (3)
소제
cleaning
소탕
dragnet; police sweep
일소
cleanup; sweeping away; eradication