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

Han character

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

Derived characters

• 𥲳

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

• Unihan data for U+2F8BC

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”).

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sǎo (sao³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sou³
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): so

  (Meixian, Guangdong): sau⁴ / sau³

• Eastern Min (BUC): sáu / suā
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): sàu / sò / sò͘

  (Teochew, Peng'im): sao³

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵sau

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sǎo
    • Wade–Giles: sao³
    • Yale: sǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sao
    • Palladius: сао (sao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɑʊ̯²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: sou³
    • Yale: sou
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sou³
    • Guangdong Romanization: sou³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sou̯³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: so
    • Hakka Romanization System: so
    • Hagfa Pinyim: so⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /so⁵⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: sau⁴ / sau³
    • Sinological IPA: /sau⁵³/, /sau³¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: sáu / suā
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɑu²¹³/, /sua³³/

Note:

• sáu - vernacular;
• suā - literary.

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sàu
    • Tâi-lô: sàu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: saux
    • IPA (Taipei): /sau¹¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sau⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung): /sau²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sò
    • Tâi-lô: sò
    • Phofsit Daibuun: soix
    • IPA (Taipei): /so¹¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /so²¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sɤ²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /so⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sò͘
    • Tâi-lô: sòo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sox
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sɔ⁴¹/

Note:

• sàu - vernacular;
• sò/sò͘ - literary.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: sao³
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sàu
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sau²¹³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵sau
    • MiniDict: sau^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²sau
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /sɔ³⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: sawX

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/
Bernhard Karlgren	/sɑuX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	sǎo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sou2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*suːʔ/

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

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

• (to sweep):

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• 劐 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 打掃／打扫 (dǎsǎo)
• 掃灑／扫洒 (sǎosǎ) (literary, or Min Nan)
• 掃除／扫除 (sǎochú)
• 摒掃／摒扫 (Hakka, Hokkien)
• 清掃／清扫 (qīngsǎo)

 

• (to eliminate):

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• 免
• 免除 (miǎnchú)
• 刷 (colloquial)
• 削 (literary, or in compounds)
• 削除 (xuēchú)
• 去掉 (qùdiào)
• 去除 (qùchú)
• 報銷／报销 (bàoxiāo) (figurative, humorous)
• 屏除 (bǐngchú)
• 廓清 (kuòqīng)
• 打掉 (dǎdiào)
• 排解 (páijiě)
• 掃除／扫除 (sǎochú) (figurative)
• 排除 (páichú)
• 摒除 (bìngchú)
• 撤 (chè)
• 撤除 (chèchú)
• 消 (xiāo)
• 消弭 (xiāomǐ) (literary)
• 消解 (xiāojiě)
• 消釋／消释 (xiāoshì) (figurative)
• 消除 (xiāochú)
• 淘汰 (táotài)
• 清洗 (qīngxǐ) (figurative)
• 清除 (qīngchú)
• 破 (pò) (literary, or in compounds)
• 破壞／破坏 (pòhuài)
• 破除 (pòchú)
• 祛除 (qūchú)
• 罷／罢
• 翦落 (jiǎnluò) (literary)
• 肅清／肃清 (sùqīng)
• 蕩／荡 (dàng) (literary, or in compounds)
• 解釋／解释 (jiěshì) (archaic)
• 解除 (jiěchú)
• 鋤／锄 (chú)
• 鏟除／铲除 (chǎnchú)
• 除
• 除去 (chúqù)
• 除忒 (Hakka)
• 除掉 (chúdiào)
• 除開／除开 (chúkāi)
• 革除 (géchú)
• 驅散／驱散 (qūsàn)
• 驅走／驱走 (qūzǒu)
• 驅除／驱除 (qūchú)

 

• (total):

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• 了當／了当 (liǎodàng)
• 俱備／俱备 (jùbèi) (literary)
• 全 (quán)
• 全備／全备 (quánbèi)
• 全部 (quánbù) (attributive)
• 加尼 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 十足 (shízú)
• 囫圇／囫囵 (húlún)
• 囫圇個／囫囵个 (húlúngè) (colloquial)
• 妥 (tuǒ)
• 完 (wán)
• 完備／完备 (wánbèi)
• 完全 (wánquán)
• 完具 (wánjù) (literary)
• 完整 (wánzhěng)
• 實足／实足 (shízú)
• 整 (zhěng)
• 整個／整个 (zhěnggè) (attributive)
• 整齊／整齐 (zhěngqí)
• 渾然／浑然 (húnrán)
• 滿／满 (mǎn)
• 齊備／齐备 (qíbèi)
• 齊備／齐备 (chiâu-pī) (Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 齊全／齐全 (chiâu-chn̂g) (Hokkien)
• 齊全／齐全 (qíquán)

 

• (to scan): (Cantonese) 嘟 (dut¹)

Compounds

• 一掃／一扫 (yīsǎo)
• 一掃而光／一扫而光 (yīsǎo'érguāng)
• 一掃而空／一扫而空 (yīsǎo'érkōng)
• 五經掃地／五经扫地
• 名譽掃地／名誉扫地 (míngyùsǎodì)
• 大掃除／大扫除 (dàsǎochú)
• 威信掃地／威信扫地
• 打掃／打扫 (dǎsǎo)
• 拖天掃地／拖天扫地
• 拜掃／拜扫 (bàisǎo)
• 掃地／扫地 (sǎodì)
• 掃地俱盡／扫地俱尽 (sǎodìjùjìn)
• 掃地出門／扫地出门
• 掃地滔天／扫地滔天
• 掃地無餘／扫地无余
• 掃堂／扫堂
• 掃堂腿／扫堂腿
• 掃墓／扫墓 (sǎomù)
• 掃塵／扫尘
• 掃墓節／扫墓节 (Sǎomùjié)
• 掃射／扫射 (sǎoshè)
• 掃尾／扫尾 (sǎowěi)
• 掃平／扫平
• 掃愁帚／扫愁帚
• 掃拂／扫拂
• 掃描／扫描 (sǎomiáo)
• 掃描器／扫描器 (sǎomiáoqì)
• 掃數／扫数
• 掃晴娘／扫晴娘
• 掃榻／扫榻
• 掃榻以待／扫榻以待
• 掃毒／扫毒 (sǎodú)
• 掃灑／扫洒 (sǎosǎ)
• 掃田刮地／扫田刮地
• 掃白／扫白
• 掃眉／扫眉
• 掃眉才子／扫眉才子
• 掃視／扫视 (sǎoshì)
• 掃穴犁庭／扫穴犁庭
• 掃聽／扫听
• 掃臉／扫脸
• 掃興／扫兴
• 掃蕩／扫荡 (sǎodàng)
• 掃街／扫街 (sǎojiē)
• 掃街機／扫街机
• 掃邊／扫边
• 掃門／扫门
• 掃除／扫除 (sǎochú)
• 掃除天下／扫除天下
• 掃雷／扫雷 (sǎoléi)
• 掃黃／扫黄 (sǎohuáng)
• 掃黑／扫黑 (sǎohēi)
• 摒掃／摒扫
• 斯文掃地／斯文扫地
• 斷層掃描／断层扫描 (duàncéng sǎomiáo)
• 杜門卻掃／杜门却扫
• 橫掃／横扫 (héngsǎo)
• 橫掃千軍／横扫千军
• 汛掃／汛扫
• 清掃／清扫 (qīngsǎo)
• 淡掃蛾眉／淡扫蛾眉
• 灑掃／洒扫 (sǎsǎo)
• 犁庭掃穴／犁庭扫穴 (lítíngsǎoxué)
• 犁庭掃閭／犁庭扫闾
• 祭掃／祭扫
• 立掃千言／立扫千言
• 筆掃千軍／笔扫千军
• 綱常掃地／纲常扫地
• 閉門卻掃／闭门却扫
• 閉關卻掃／闭关却扫
• 間條掃描／间条扫描
• 闔門卻掃／阖门却扫
• 風驅電掃／风驱电扫

 

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sào (sao⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sou³ / sou²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): so

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sào
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sào
    • Wade–Giles: sao⁴
    • Yale: sàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: saw
    • Palladius: сао (sao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: sou³ / sou²
    • Yale: sou / sóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sou³ / sou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: sou³ / sou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sou̯³³/, /sou̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: so
    • Hakka Romanization System: so
    • Hagfa Pinyim: so⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /so⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: sawH

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/
Bernhard Karlgren	/sɑuH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	sào
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sou3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*suːs/

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

Definitions

掃

1. broom; broomstick
2. brush (noun)

Compounds

• 掃帚／扫帚
• 掃帚星／扫帚星
• 掃把／扫把 (sàobǎ)
• 掃星／扫星 (sàoxīng)
• 鐵掃帚／铁扫帚
• 雞毛掃／鸡毛扫

 

Japanese

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

掃

(Jōyō kanji)

1. To sweep

Readings

• Go-on: そう (sō, Jōyō)^{←さう (sau, historical)}
• Kan-on: そう (sō, Jōyō)^{←さう (sau, historical)}
• Kun: はく (haku, 掃く, Jōyō)、はらう (harau, 掃う)^{←はらふ (farafu, 掃ふ, historical)}

Compounds

• 掃除(そうじ) (sōji): clean, sweep up

Korean

Hanja

掃 (eumhun 쓸 소 (sseul so))

1. hanja form^? of 소 (“sweep”)

Compounds

• 소탕 (掃蕩, sotang, “rooting out; wiping out”)
• 청소 (淸掃, cheongso, “cleaning, sweeping”)

Vietnamese

Han character

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

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