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ㄙㄠ ˇ

sǎo

sweep

掃 is an 11 stroke, traditional Chinese character and is pronounced as sǎo in the third tone, however it can also be pronounced as sào.

In simplified Chinese the character is used.

It is made up of the components (hand) and (broomstick).

  • ㄙㄠ ˇ

    sǎo

    sweep

    • ㄕㄡ ˙

      shou

      hand

    • ㄓㄡ ˇ

      zhǒu

      broomstick

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The [sow] sniffs around my house before resting on towels (nose/roof/towels). My hand moving a broomstick in a scooping motion, I sweep up her mess.
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Pronunciation

We found 2 pronunciations for 掃

sǎo
sào

Definitions for 掃 pronounced as sǎo

  • to sweep

Definitions for 掃 pronounced as sào

  • broom

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