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Abby Clark
Abby Clark
5 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
4 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
4 years ago

This character looks like someone is holding a broom.

Sherab Ghale
Sherab Ghale
3 years ago

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

Mahrukh Shaikh
Mahrukh Shaikh
3 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
2 years ago

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

Silu
Silu
2 years ago

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

Maral
Maral
2 years ago

This character looks like a person holding a huge broom.

Hyounsuk(Kevin) Ock
Hyounsuk(Kevin) Ock
2 years ago

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

amira
amira
2 years ago

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

al7898
al7898
2 years ago

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

Dinobi Ibegbu
Dinobi Ibegbu
2 years 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
1 year 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
1 year ago

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

egi
egi
1 year 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
1 year ago

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

sondor
sondor
1 year 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
1 year 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
1 year ago

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

School Affiliation
NYU Abu Dhabi
Linh Hoang
Linh Hoang
1 year 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 months ago

扫 looks like the hand is sweeping something

School Affiliation
NYU Shanghai
Amelie Woc
Amelie Woc
8 days ago

I like to remember this character by imagining a person shaped like an inverse E taking a broom with their HAND (the radical Hand) and SWEEPING

School Affiliation
NYU Shanghai
Brenna
Brenna
7 days ago

As long as you can remember the hand radical on the left, you can imagine the right part of the character the lines of the hands to follow since they need to SWEEP the floor.