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Abby Clark
Abby Clark
4 years ago

This means to sweep because it looks like a broom on the left and a dustpan on the right.

Isa Cuellar
Isa Cuellar
4 years ago

the hand radical looks like the floor and the second component looks like a broom “sweeping” it,

Tony Kinninger
Tony Kinninger
4 years ago

The hand cleans by putting the trash into the either the inorganic or organic bin. It’s separated.

Anubis Watal
Anubis Watal
4 years ago

You use your *hand* with a broom to *sweeeeep* into the reverse E dustpan.

Nicole Cheah
Nicole Cheah
3 years ago

how i remember this character: the left hand side looks like a person bending over to sweep the floor.

Oyunbolor Buyannemekh
Oyunbolor Buyannemekh
3 years ago

This character looks like someone is holding a broom.

Sherab Ghale
Sherab Ghale
2 years ago

we use our ‘HAND’ ‘TO SWEEP” the floor.

Mahrukh Shaikh
Mahrukh Shaikh
2 years ago

the second part of the character looks like a sideways broom (扫)

Ariana Fahl
Ariana Fahl
2 years ago

you need your hand to sweep, hence the hand radical. also, sweep is spelled with two e’s and there is a reverse E after the hand radical.

Jinu Shim
Jinu Shim
1 year ago

Has the hand radical on the left and the right side looks like a sweeper.

Silu
Silu
1 year ago

hand radical on the left and and E written backwards on the right

Maral
Maral
1 year ago

This character looks like a person holding a huge broom.

Hyounsuk(Kevin) Ock
Hyounsuk(Kevin) Ock
1 year ago

the hand radical on the left side and right radical looks like a sweeper that hand is grabbing a sweeper.

amira
amira
1 year ago

It looks like a broom and a dustpan, thus meaning to sweep.

al7898
al7898
1 year ago

the left is the hand radical and the component looks like a broom, you use a broom to sweep

Dinobi Ibegbu
Dinobi Ibegbu
1 year ago

the left hand side has the hand radical and the right radical looks like the three prongs of a rake put sideways, and you use a rake to SWEEP leaves.

Aidan Nagle
Aidan Nagle
8 months ago

It looks like a person on the right looking down to see what they are sweeping while holding a broom.

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NYU Shanghai
Dominic De La Ossa
Dominic De La Ossa
8 months ago

On the left the radical looks like a broom and on the right it looks like a dust pan.

egi
egi
7 months ago

the first radical has a meaning of hand and second one looks like a broom and combining them means to sweep

School Affiliation
NYU Shanghai
Eva Vang
Eva Vang
7 months ago

To me, th character looks like the head of a rake, which is used to sweep up leaves.

sondor
sondor
7 months ago

With 手 right part of the radical is similar to a tool that we use to clean so remember that using our hand to clean the house sweeping over and over.

Anna
Anna
7 months ago

It looks like there is a hand on the right that is holding the sweep on the left.

School Affiliation
NYU Abu Dhabi
Nghia Nim
Nghia Nim
7 months ago

Looks like a hand on a broom which means the person is sweeping

School Affiliation
NYU Abu Dhabi
Linh Hoang
Linh Hoang
7 months ago

the left part is hand radical and the right part looks like the end of a broom. To use the broom with your hand is to SWEEP

School Affiliation
NYU Abu Dhabi
Temuun-Orgil
Temuun-Orgil
4 days ago

扫 looks like the hand is sweeping something

School Affiliation
NYU Shanghai