掃

Information about character(s)

Radical: 手
Radical Strokes: 4
Additional Strokes: 8
Total Strokes: 11
Simplified Form: 扫
Variants: 埽

Pronunciation

Pinyin: sǎo, sào
Cantonese: sou2 sou3
JapaneseKun: HAKU HARAU
JapaneseOn: SOU
Korean: SO
Vietnamese: tảo

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: sweep, clear away; exterminate

CE-Dict: broom

Soothill: To sweep.

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.a broom
sao
ㄙㄠˇ
1.to sweep with a broom; to clean
2.to wipe out; to exterminate
3.totally; sweepingly
4.to paint (the eyebrows, etc.)
5.to pass over to examine

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: besom; clear away; sweep; whisk

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: besom; clear away; sweep; whisk

湘雅醫學專業詞典: sweep

康熙字典文字版 【卯集中】【手字部】掃
【唐韻】【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】𠀤蘇老切，音嫂。弃也，拚除也。【詩·大雅】洒掃廷內。　又鬧掃，髻名。【三夢記】鬧掃，猶盤雅墮馬之類也。唐詩云：還梳鬧掃學宮妝。　又【唐韻】【廣韻】蘇到切【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】先到切，𠀤音譟。義同。【論語】當洒掃應對進退，則可矣。　本作埽。又與騷通。別詳土部，馬部。

CF-Dict: balai

Han-De-Dict: Besen (u.E.)