埽
sào

broom

To sweep 帚 away dirt 土

Components

土
土 Meaning component
tǔ earth
帚
帚 Meaning component
zhou broom

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangsuːʔ
suːs
Unicodesɑ̌u

說文解字

棄也。从土从帚。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica