掃
sǎosào HSK4

sweep

扫 (掃) sǎo frequency
sweep verb
to sweep using a brush or broom

奶奶每天早晨都会把家门口那条小路扫得干干净净。

nǎi​nai měi tiān zǎo​chén dōu huì bǎ jiā mén kǒu nà tiáo xiǎo​lù sǎo de gān​gān​jìng​jìng.

Every morning, Grandma sweeps the path in front of the house spotlessly clean.

eliminate verb
to sweep away, wipe out, or get rid of

我们要扫除前进道路上的障碍。

wǒ​men yào sǎo chú qián​jìn dào​lù shàng de zhàng'ài.

We must remove the obstacles on the path forward.

scan verb
to sweep one's eyes over something or scan electronically

请扫一下这个二维码。

qǐng sǎo yī​xià zhè gè èr​wéi​mǎ.

Please scan this QR code.

扫 (掃) sào
broom verb
(bound form) a large broom

墙角靠着一把新买的大扫帚，那是用来打扫院子的。

qiáng​jiǎo kào zhe yī bǎ xīn mǎi de dà sào​zhou, nà shì yòng​lái dǎ​sǎo yuàn​zi de.

A newly purchased large broom is leaning against the corner; it is for sweeping the yard.

Cross-References

Has old variant

Frequency
Character
Written text
1,435th most common 78.2 per million
Movie subtitles
1,300th most common 59.7 per million appears in 27% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
11.7 per million appears in 5% of films
Written text
26.0 per million

Details
HSK 3.0
Level 4
Simplified
扫
Strokes
11
Unicode
U+6383

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)