sǎo

扫

to clean, to sweep, to wipe away; to weed out; to wipe out

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Words with 扫

打扫 dǎ sǎo to clean; to sweep HSK 4
扫描 sǎo miáo to scan HSK 7–9
扫除 sǎo chú to sweep; to clean with a brush HSK 7–9
扫兴 sǎo xìng to spoil things; to dampen spirits; to feel deflated; to be dispirited HSK 7–9
扫墓 sǎo mù to sweep a grave (and pay one's respects to the dead person) HSK 7–9

Character facts

Radical
扌 hand
Parts
扌 + 彐
Structure
Left–right
Traditional
掃
Unicode
U+626B

Ideographic: Simplified form of 掃; to use 扌 a broom 帚; 帚 also provides the pronunciation