Characters › 扫
6 strokes · radical 扌 (hand) · traditional 掃
11 strokes · simplified 扫
A way to remember it
A hand, 扌, with a broom. The traditional 掃 draws the broom in full; the simplified form keeps the hand and a stroke of the handle.
A picture that makes the shape stick — not a claim about the character’s history.
Draft — written with AI help and not yet read by a person. What that means.
Shown in simplified. Converting whole words needs one-to-many knowledge this site does not have — 发 is 發 in 出发 but 髮 in 头发 — and a confidently wrong word would be worse than an honest simplified one.
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to sweep (with a brush or broom); to sweep away; to wipe out; to get rid of
sǎo — to sweep (with a brush or broom); to sweep away; to wipe out; to get rid of
Radical 扌 (hand) · 6 strokes · traditional 掃
11 strokes · simplified 扫
A way to remember itA hand, 扌, with a broom. The traditional 掃 draws the broom in full; the simplified form keeps the hand and a stroke of the handle.