掃

See also: 扫

掃 U+2F8BC, 掃 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F8BC ← 捨 [U+2F8BB] CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 揤 → [U+2F8BD]

Translingual

Han character

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

References

• 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

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Chinese

trad.		掃
simp.		扫

Glyph origin

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”).

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 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. to offer sacrifices and pay respect to a dead person at the tomb
6. to paint; to write
7. total; all; entire
8. broom; broomstick
9. (Hakka) to beat up somebody

Compounds

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Japanese

Kanji

掃

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. To sweep

Readings

• Go-on: そう (sō, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: そう (sō, Jōyō)
• Kun: はく (haku, 掃く, Jōyō); はらう (harau, 掃う)

Compounds

• 掃除(そうじ) (sōji): clean, sweep up

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Korean

Hanja

掃 • (so)

• Eumhun:
  • Sound (hangeul): 소 (revised: so, McCune–Reischauer: so, Yale: so)
  • Name (hangeul): 쓸 소
    

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Vietnamese

Han character

掃: Hán Nôm readings: tảo

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