| 掃 | |||
| sweep, clear away; exterminate | |||
| Radical | 手扌才 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Strokes (without radical) | 8 | Total Strokes | 11 |
| Mandarin reading | sǎo sào | Cantonese reading | sou2 sou3 |
| Japanese on reading | sou | Japanese kun reading | haku harau |
| Korean reading | so | Vietnamese reading | tảo |
| Simplified Variant(s) | 扫 | ||
| Semantic Variant(s) | 埽 | ||
| 掃 | [ sǎo ] to sweep |
| 掃除 | [ sǎo chú ] (v) sweep away |
| 掃描 | [ sǎo miáo ] scan, raster |
| 掃描器 | [ sǎo miáo qì ] scanner |
| 掃 | [ sào ] broom |
| 掃帚 | [ sào zhou ] broom |
| ⇒ 打掃 | [ dǎ sǎo ] to clean, to sweep |
| ⇒ 拂掃 | [ fú sǎo ] whisk |
| ⇒ 橫掃 | [ héng sǎo ] to sweep away |
| ⇒ 清掃 | [ qīng sǎo ] to tidy up, to mop up, a sweep (against crime) |
| ⇒ 數碼掃描 | [ shù mǎ sǎo miáo ] a digital scan |