掃

See also 扫

Translingual

Han character

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

1. sweep, clear away
2. exterminate

References

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

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Cantonese

Hanzi

掃 (simplified 扫, Yale sou3, sou2)

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Japanese

Kanji

掃 (common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• On: そう (sō)
• Kun: はく (haku), はらう (harau)

Compounds

• 掃除 (そうじ, sōji, “clean, sweep up”)

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Korean

Hanja

掃
Eumhun:

• Sound (hangeul): 소 (revised: so, McCune-Reischauer: so, Yale: so)

• Name (hangeul): 쓸 소()

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Mandarin

Hanzi

掃 (simplified 扫, pinyin sǎo (sao3), Wade-Giles sao³)

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Vietnamese

Han character

掃 (tảo)