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sǎo​miáo HSK7

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扫 sǎo, sào sweep Simplified

Simplified form of 掃. Depicts using a hand (扌) sweeping with a broom (帚).

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

彐
彐 Simplified component
jì snout

Shorthand for the 帚 component in the traditional character 掃.

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

描 miáo copy, trace

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 苗 represents the sound.

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

苗
苗 Sound component
miáo sprouts

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangmreːw
mrew

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

掃 sǎo, sào sweep Traditional

Depicts using a hand (扌) sweeping with a broom (帚).

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

帚
帚 SoundMeaning component
zhou broom

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangsuːʔ
suːs
Unicodesɑ̌u
sɑ̀u

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica