扫
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to sweep (with a brush or broom); to sweep away; to wipe out; to get rid of; to sweep (one's eyes etc) over; to scan
6 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,268 U+626B
How 扫 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
Simplified form of 掃; to use 扌 a broom 帚; 帚 also provides the pronunciation
components: 扌 彐
How to remember it
sweep · Heisig RSH #944
fingers + broom
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words containing 扫
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 扫地机器人 | sǎo dì jī qì rén | robot vacuum |
| 一扫而光 | yī sǎo ér guāng | see 一掃而空|一扫而空[yi1 sao3 er2 kong1] |
| 一扫而空 | yī sǎo ér kōng | (idiom) to make a clean sweep of; to clean out |
| 扫黄运动 | sǎo huáng yùn dòng | campaign against pornography |
| 扫黄打非 | sǎo huáng dǎ fēi | to eradicate pornography and illegal publications |
| 打扫卫生 | dǎ sǎo wèi shēng | to do the cleaning; to clean up |
| 威信扫地 | wēi xìn sǎo dì | to lose every scrap of reputation |
| 各人自扫门前雪，莫管他家瓦上霜 | gè rén zì sǎo mén qián xuě , mò guǎn tā jiā wǎ shàng shuāng | sweep the snow from your own door step, don't worry about the frost on your neighbor's roo… |
| 扫除天下 | sǎo chú tiān xià | (idiom) to re-establish order throughout the empire |
| 秋风扫落叶 | qiū fēng sǎo luò yè | lit. as the autumn gale sweeps away the fallen leaves (idiom); to drive out the old and ma… |
| 扫雪车 | sǎo xuě chē | snowplow |
| 横扫千军 | héng sǎo qiān jūn | total annihilation |
| 扫地 | sǎo dì | to sweep the floor; (fig.) (of one's reputation etc) to reach rock bottom; to be at an all… |
| 扫除机 | sǎo chú jī | mechanical sweeper |
| 打扫 | dǎ sǎo | to clean; to sweep |
| 颜面扫地 | yán miàn sǎo dì | lit. for one's face to reach rock bottom; to be thoroughly discredited (idiom) |
| 扫罗 | Sǎo luó | Saul (name); biblical king around 1000 BC |
| 扫黄 | sǎo huáng | campaign against pornography |
| 扫黑 | sǎo hēi | to crack down on illegal activities; to fight organized crime |
| 清扫 | qīng sǎo | to tidy up; to mop up; a sweep (against crime) |