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 () (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
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): sou³

(Taishan, Wiktionary): lhau¹
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

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/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: lhau¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬau³³/
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/

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	/sɑu^X/
Pan Wuyun	/sɑu^X/
Shao Rongfen	/sɑu^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/saw^X/
Li Rong	/sɑu^X/
Wang Li	/sɑu^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/sɑu^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	sǎo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sou²

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*suːʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	掃
Reading #	1/2
No.	10985
Phonetic component
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	㛮
Old Chinese	/*suːʔ/
Notes	同埽

Definitions

掃

to clean with a broom; to sweep clean
掃地／扫地 ― sǎodì ― to sweep the floor
to clear away; to exterminate; to eliminate
(historical) to go on a punitive expedition; to stabilise (a political situation); to conquer
(of eyes) to sweep over; to sweep away; to dart a look at
(computing) to scan (a code)
to offer sacrifices and pay respect to a dead person at the tomb
to paint; to write
(literary, or in compounds) total; all; entire
(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)
交圇 / 交囵 (Min Nan)
俱備 / 俱备 (jùbèi) (literary)
個郎 / 个郎 (gó̤-lòng) (Eastern Min)
全 (quán)
全備 / 全备 (quánbèi)
全部 (quánbù) (attributive)
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)
規 / 规 (Hokkien)
規圇 / 规囵 (Xiamen Hokkien)
規尼 / 规尼 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
間尼 / 间尼 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
齊備 / 齐备 (qíbèi)
齊備 / 齐备 (chiâu-pī) (Taiwanese Hokkien)
齊全 / 齐全 (qíquán)
齊全 / 齐全 (chiâu-chn̂g) (Hokkien)

(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 (jìsǎo)
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
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): sou³ / sou²

(Taishan, Wiktionary): lhau¹ / lhau^4*
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): so

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/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: lhau¹ / lhau^4*
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬau³³/, /ɬau²¹⁻²¹⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: so
  - Hakka Romanization System: so
  - Hagfa Pinyim: so⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /so⁵⁵/

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	/sɑu^H/
Pan Wuyun	/sɑu^H/
Shao Rongfen	/sɑu^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/saw^H/
Li Rong	/sɑu^H/
Wang Li	/sɑu^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/sɑu^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	sào
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sou³

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*suːs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	掃
Reading #	2/2
No.	10987
Phonetic component
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	喿
Old Chinese	/*suːs/
Notes	同埽

Definitions

掃

broom; broomstick
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 ^[1]	掃󠄁 掃+`󠄁`^? (Adobe-Japan1)
	掃󠄃 掃+`󠄃`^? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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Kanji

掃

(Jōyō kanji)

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

References

^ “掃”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025

Korean

Hanja

掃 (eumhun 쓸 소 (sseul so))

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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[1] “掃”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025

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