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[edit]

Han character[edit]

掃 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 手尸一月 (QSMB), four-corner 5702₇, composition ⿰扌帚)

Derived characters[edit]

𥲳

References[edit]

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[edit]

trad.		掃
simp.		扫

Glyph origin[edit]

Characters in the same phonetic series (掃) (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[edit]

Mandarin
(Pinyin): sǎo (sao³)

(Zhuyin): ㄙㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sou³
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 (Wugniu)
- (Northern): 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/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - 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
- (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/
Bernard 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	掃
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	㛮
Old Chinese	/*suːʔ/
Notes	同埽

Definitions[edit]

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[edit]

(to sweep):

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):

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):

了當／了当 (liǎodàng)
俱備／俱备 (jùbèi) (literary)
全 (quán)
全備／全备 (quánbèi)
全部 (quánbù) (attributive)
加尼 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
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)
褿備／褿备 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
褿全 (Hokkien)
齊備／齐备 (qíbèi)
齊全／齐全 (qíquán)

(to scan): (Cantonese) 嘟 (dut¹)

Compounds[edit]

Pronunciation 2[edit]

Mandarin
(Pinyin): sào (sao⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄙㄠˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sou³, sou²
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/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - 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/
Bernard 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	掃
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	喿
Old Chinese	/*suːs/
Notes	同埽

Definitions[edit]

掃

broom; broomstick
brush (noun)

Compounds[edit]

Japanese[edit]

Shinjitai	掃
Kyūjitai ^[1]	掃󠄁 掃+`󠄁`^? (Adobe-Japan1)
	掃󠄃 掃+`󠄃`^? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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Kanji[edit]

掃

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

To sweep

Readings[edit]

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[edit]

掃除(そうじ) (sōji): clean, sweep up

References[edit]

^ “掃”, in 漢字ぺディア (Kanjipedia)‎^[1] (in Japanese), 日本漢字能力検定協会, 2015–2024

Korean[edit]

Hanja[edit]

掃 (eumhun 쓸 소 (sseul so))

Hanja form^? of 소 (“sweep”).

Compounds[edit]

소탕 (掃蕩, sotang, “rooting out; wiping out”)
청소 (淸掃, cheongso, “cleaning, sweeping”)