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sǎo

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sǎo Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
sǎo | sao3
English translation
to clean, to sweep, to wipe away; to weed out; to wipe out

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About sǎo

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Number of strokes

11

Traditional form

sǎo

Contains the radical

shǒu

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Learning hint

To use  shǒu  a broom  zhǒu zhǒu also provides the pronunciation

Etymology of sǎo

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

扌帚

Explanation

Simplified form of sǎo . Phonosemantic compound. shǒu represents the meaning and zhǒu represents the sound.

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Words with sǎo

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
sǎo to sweep sǎo
扫描 sǎo miáo to scan掃描
打扫 dǎsǎo to clean打掃
扫地 sǎo dì to sweep the floor掃地
清扫 qīng sǎo to tidy up清掃
扫兴 sǎo xìng to feel disappointed掃興
横扫 héng sǎo to sweep away橫掃
扫荡 sǎo dàng to root out掃蕩
扫帚 sào zhou broom掃帚
扫除 sǎo chú to sweep掃除
扫射 sǎo shè to strafe掃射
扫描仪 sǎo miáo yí scanner (device)掃描儀
扫墓 sǎo mù the Qingming festival掃墓
扫把 sào bǎ broom掃把
扫盲 sǎo máng to wipe out illiteracy掃盲
扫视 sǎo shì to run one's eyes over掃視
扫黄 sǎo huáng campaign against pornography掃黃
扫描器 sǎo miáo qì scanner掃描器
一扫而光 yī sǎo ér guāng to clear off一掃而光
扫雷 sǎo léi minesweeper (computer game)掃雷
扫尾 sǎo wěi to round off掃尾
一扫而空 yī sǎo ér kōng to sweep clean一掃而空
扫黄打非 sǎo huáng dǎ fēi to eradicate pornography and illegal publications掃黃打非

sǎo Decomposition & Compounds

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