Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 扫


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Meaning

to sweep, broom

Pronunciation

sǎo, sào

Explanation

Left: hand , right: hand /, which was simplified from 掃 showing at the right a hand holding a broom .

Mnemonic

It is the hand that holds the broom: to sweep.

Radicals

hand
hand(originally a snoot (of pig), but here used as a hand.)
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Vocabulary

扫描 sǎo miáo to scan
扫帚 sào zhou broom


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