扫

to clean, to sweep, to wipe away; to weed out; to wipe out; to sweep (with a brush or broom); to sweep away; to wipe out; to get rid of; to sweep (one's eyes etc) over; to scan; (bound form) a (large) broom

Strokes
6
Pinyin
sǎo, sào

Parts

Words with 扫

  1. 打扫dǎ sǎo · dasaoto clean; to sweep
  2. 拂扫fú sǎo · fusaowhisk
  3. 扫地sǎo dì · saodito sweep the floor; (fig.) (of one's reputation etc) to reach rock bottom; to be at an all-time low
  4. 扫墓sǎo mù · saomuto sweep a grave (and pay one's respects to the dead person)
  5. 扫射sǎo shè · saosheto rake with machine gunfire; to strafe; to machine-gun down
  6. 扫尾sǎo wěi · saoweito complete the last stage of work; to round off
  7. 扫帚sào zhou · saozhoubroom
  8. 扫把sào bǎ · saobabroom
  9. 扫描sǎo miáo · saomiaoto scan
  10. 扫盲sǎo máng · saomangto wipe out illiteracy
  11. 扫眉sǎo méi · saomeito paint the eyebrows
  12. 扫码sǎo mǎ · saomato scan a QR code or barcode
  13. 扫罗sǎo luó · saoluoSaul (name); biblical king around 1000 BC
  14. 扫兴sǎo xìng · saoxingto spoil things; to dampen spirits; to feel deflated; to be dispirited
  15. 扫荡sǎo dàng · saodang(military) to mop up; to crack down on; to eradicate
  16. 扫街sǎo jiē · saojieto sweep the streets; to canvas (for votes, sales etc)
  17. 扫视sǎo shì · saoshito run one's eyes over; to sweep one's eyes over
  18. 扫货sǎo huò · saohuoto go on a shopping spree; to buy in bulk
  19. 扫除sǎo chú · saochuto clean; to clean up; to eliminate; to wipe out
  20. 扫雷sǎo léi · saoleiMinesweeper (computer game); to clear mines
  21. 扫黄sǎo huáng · saohuangcampaign against pornography
  22. 扫黑sǎo hēi · saoheito crack down on illegal activities; to fight organized crime
  23. 横扫héng sǎo · hengsaoto sweep away; to sweep across
  24. 清扫qīng sǎo · qingsaoto tidy up; to mop up; a sweep (against crime)
  25. 扫地僧sǎo dì sēng · saodisengSweeper Monk, nameless monk who maintains the library of Shaolin (from Jin Yong's novel "Demigods and Semidevils" 天龍八部|天龙八部[Tian1 long2 Ba1 Bu4]); (fig.) person whose remarkable talents are not well known
  26. 扫堂腿sǎo táng tuǐ · saotangtui(martial arts) floor-sweeping kick (to trip one's opponent)
  27. 扫帚星sào zhou xīng · saozhouxingcomet; person who brings bad luck; jinx
  28. 扫把星sào bǎ xīng · saobaxingcomet; person who brings bad luck; jinx
  29. 扫描仪sǎo miáo yí · saomiaoyiscanner (device)
  30. 扫描器sǎo miáo qì · saomiaoqiscanner

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Data from JMdict, KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG), KanjiVG, CC-CEDICT and Make Me a Hanzi. Sources and licences