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The character 扫, with its traditional form 掃, is an ideogrammatic compound pairing the hand radical 扌 (shǒu) on the left with the component 帚 (zhǒu) on the right, a pictograph of a broom made from bound twigs. The simplified version replaces the detailed broom with the graphic element 彐. Together, a hand wielding a broom directly illustrates the physical act of sweeping, clearing dirt, or cleaning a surface. Beyond household cleaning, its meaning expanded figuratively to include sweeping away enemies, obstacles, or unwanted elements in military, social, or abstract contexts.
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我帮妈妈扫地。
我们一起打扫房间。
他扫描了文件。
我们周末大扫除。
别扫大家的兴。
士兵在扫雷。
他用新扫帚扫地。
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