懂中文 Dong Chinese

掃

sǎo, sào

sweep

Depicts using a hand (扌) sweeping with a broom (帚).

Components
扌 meaning component

扌  Meaning component

shou, shǒu

  

hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

帚 sound,meaning component

帚  Sound Meaning component

zhǒu

  

broom

Evolution

掃 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
掃 Seal script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Seal script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
掃 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

扫 (掃) 

sǎo

sweep, clear away; exterminate; to sweep

扫 (掃) 

sào

broom

Most common words with 掃
Freq.
Word
Meaning

扫

to sweep

扫描

to scan

打扫

to clean

扫地

to sweep the floor

清扫

to tidy up