掃

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

• 𥲳

• 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

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

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

• (to sweep):

• (to eliminate):

• (total):

• (to scan): (Cantonese) 嘟 (dut¹)

掃

1. broom; broomstick
2. brush (noun)

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. To sweep

• 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)}

• 掃除(そうじ) (sōji): clean, sweep up

掃 (eumhun 쓸 소 (sseul so))

1. Hanja form^? of 소 (“sweep”).

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

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

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