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扫 - sǎo

sweep, clear away; exterminate

sweep, clear away; exterminate

How to read 扫

Click 扫 to hear Mandarin pronunciation. Use the example words before memorizing it in isolation.

Hanzi
Traditional
Pinyinsǎo
Englishsweep, clear away; exterminate
Radical hint

Short sentences you can say today

扫地 is a common expression. I can make a sentence with 扫墓. Please read 扫射 one more time.

Common words with this character

to sweep the floor; to reach rock bottom; to be at an all-time low
to sweep a grave
to rake with machine gunfire; to strafe; to machine-gun down
to complete the last stage of work; to round off

Mistake warning

Do not memorize 扫 only as an isolated symbol. Read it inside words like 扫地 and 扫墓 first, then come back to the single-character pronunciation.

Original example sentence

I am learning the character 扫.