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掃

See also: 扫
掃 U+6383, 掃
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6383
← 掂
[U+6382] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 掄 →
[U+6384]
掃 U+2F8BC, 掃
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F8BC
← 捨
[U+2F8BB] 		CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 揤 →
[U+2F8BD]

Translingual

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Han character

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掃 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 手尸一月 (QSMB), four-corner 57027, composition ⿰扌帚)

Derived characters

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References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 436, character 14
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12237
  • Dae Jaweon: page 785, character 25
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1908, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+6383

Chinese

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trad. 掃
simp. 扫

Glyph origin

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Characters in the same phonetic series (掃) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
掃 *suːʔ, *suːs
埽 *suːʔ, *suːs

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) – a 手 (“hand”) with a 帚 (“broomstick”).

Pronunciation 1

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Note:
  • sáu - vernacular;
  • suā - literary.
Note:
  • sàu - vernacular;
  • sò/sò͘ - literary.
Rime
Character 掃
Reading # 1/2
Initial (聲) 心 (16)
Final (韻) 豪 (89)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 蘇老切
Baxter sawX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/sɑuX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/sɑuX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/sɑuX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/sawX/
Li
Rong 		/sɑuX/
Wang
Li 		/sɑuX/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/sɑuX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		sǎo
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		sou2
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 掃
Reading # 1/2
No. 10985
Phonetic
component 		掃
Rime
group 		幽
Rime
subdivision 		1
Corresponding
MC rime 		㛮
Old
Chinese 		/*suːʔ/
Notes 同埽

Definitions

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掃

  1. to clean with a broom; to sweep clean
    掃地／扫地  ―  sǎodì  ―  to sweep the floor
  2. to clear away; to exterminate; to eliminate
  3. (historical) to go on a punitive expedition; to stabilise (a political situation); to conquer
  4. (of eyes) to sweep over; to sweep away; to dart a look at
  5. (computing) to scan (a code)
  6. to offer sacrifices and pay respect to a dead person at the tomb
  7. to paint; to write
  8. (literary, or in compounds) total; all; entire
  9. (Hakka) to beat up somebody
Synonyms
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  • (to sweep):
  • (to eliminate):
  • (total):
  • (to scan): (Cantonese) 嘟 (dut1)

Compounds

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Pronunciation 2

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Rime
Character 掃
Reading # 2/2
Initial (聲) 心 (16)
Final (韻) 豪 (89)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 蘇到切
Baxter sawH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/sɑuH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/sɑuH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/sɑuH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/sawH/
Li
Rong 		/sɑuH/
Wang
Li 		/sɑuH/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/sɑuH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		sào
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		sou3
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 掃
Reading # 2/2
No. 10987
Phonetic
component 		掃
Rime
group 		幽
Rime
subdivision 		1
Corresponding
MC rime 		喿
Old
Chinese 		/*suːs/
Notes 同埽

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掃

  1. broom; broomstick
  2. brush (noun)

Compounds

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Japanese

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Shinjitai 掃
Kyūjitai
[1]
掃󠄁
掃+󠄁?
(Adobe-Japan1) 		 
掃󠄃
掃+󠄃?
(Hanyo-Denshi)
(Moji_Joho)
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Kanji

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掃

(Jōyō kanji)

  1. To sweep

Readings

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Compounds

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References

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  1. ^ “掃”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2024

Korean

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Hanja

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掃 (eumhun 쓸 소 (sseul so))

  1. hanja form? of 소 (“sweep”)

Compounds

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Vietnamese

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Han character

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掃: Hán Nôm readings: tảo, sẩu, tuể, xuể

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