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扫
掃
sǎo
1. to sweep
Very Common • Top 2%

Character Breakdown (Single character)

扫
sǎo
to clean, to sweep, to wipe away; to weed out; to wipe out
HSK 3 6 丶

Compound Words (20)

打扫
dǎsǎo
to clean
HSK 3
拂扫
fúsǎo
whisk
扫地
sǎodì
to sweep the floor
扫墓
sǎomù
to sweep the tombs (of one's ancestors)
扫射
sǎoshè
to rake with machine gunfire
扫尾
sǎowěi
to complete the last stage of work
扫帚
sàozhou
broom
扫把
sàobǎ
broom
扫描
sǎomiáo
to scan
扫盲
sǎománg
to wipe out illiteracy
扫罗
Sǎoluó
Saul (name)
扫兴
sǎoxìng
to have one's spirits dampened
扫荡
sǎodàng
to root out
扫街
sǎojiē
to sweep the streets
扫视
sǎoshì
to run one's eyes over
扫除
sǎochú
to sweep
扫雷
sǎoléi
minesweeper (computer game)
扫黄
sǎohuáng
campaign against pornography
横扫
héngsǎo
to sweep away
清扫
qīngsǎo
to tidy up

Alternate Entries

扫
sào
broom

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
3
Character Frequency Rank
1,434
Word Frequency Rank
1,884 of 84,292