扫
扫
“to clean”
Radical: 扌
Strokes: 6
Level: HSK 3
How 扫 is built — side by side
扌
Hand radical (扌) · tí shǒu páng
Hand actions all lean on 扌: 打 hit, 找 look for, 把 hold.
彐
component
Origin
Simplified form of 掃; to use 扌 a broom 帚; 帚 also provides the pronunciation
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