Read Edit View history 掃 sǎosào HSK4 sweep Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Depicts using a hand (扌) sweeping with a broom (帚). Pinyin Separate values with commas sǎo ×sào × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas 扫 × Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint 扌 is a component form of 手. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 掃 Simp strokes 掃 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 掃 Simp strokes 掃 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 掃 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 130, 550 ], [ 183, 551 ], [ 289, 582 ], [ 342, 604 ], [ 389, 612 ], [ 401, 608 ] ], [ [ 262, 845 ], [ 278, 837 ], [ 309, 805 ], [ 300, 616 ], [ 303, 142 ], [ 296, 110 ], [ 280, 82 ], [ 184, 130 ], [ 183, 137 ], [ 172, 138 ] ], [ [ 57, 278 ], [ 103, 276 ], [ 367, 497 ] ], [ [ 513, 750 ], [ 558, 748 ], [ 734, 796 ], [ 767, 790 ], [ 792, 765 ], [ 761, 653 ], [ 738, 632 ] ], [ [ 523, 651 ], [ 684, 687 ], [ 716, 683 ] ], [ [ 503, 564 ], [ 528, 561 ], [ 717, 604 ], [ 783, 600 ] ], [ [ 434, 501 ], [ 424, 447 ], [ 395, 371 ] ], [ [ 452, 458 ], [ 465, 467 ], [ 525, 478 ], 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