U+6383 "掃" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
掃
U+6383 "掃" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that means "to sweep" or "to clean," and it is commonly used in East Asian languages such as Chinese, Japanese, and Korean. This ideograph is composed of a hand radical on the left side, indicating an action performed by the hand, and a phonetic component on the right that suggests its pronunciation. In traditional contexts, the character appears in words like 掃地 (sweeping the floor) and carries broader connotations of removing obstacles or clearing away impurities, reflecting its practical and symbolic significance in daily life and cultural practices.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+6383 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| Block | CJK Unified Ideographs |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 掃 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 掃 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE6 0x8E 0x83 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x6383 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00006383 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u6383 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | B1BD |
| kCCCII | 21407D |
| kCNS1986 | 1-5A61 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-5A61 |
| kCangjie | QSMB |
| kCantonese | sou3 |
| kCihaiT | 578.505 |
| kCowles | 3684 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0785.250 |
| kDefinition | sweep, clear away; exterminate |
| kEACC | 21407D |
| kFanqie | 蘇老 蘇到 |
| kFenn | 674B |
| kFennIndex | 430.06 430.08 |
| kFourCornerCode | 5702.7 |
| kGB1 | 4108 |
| kGradeLevel | 1 |
| kGSR | 1087g |
| kHangul | 소:0E |
| kHanYu | 31908.040 |
| kHanyuPinlu | sǎo(121) sào(13) |
| kHanyuPinyin | 31908.040:sǎo,sào |
| kHKGlyph | 1584 |
| kIICore | ATJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0785.250 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 31908.040 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0436.140 |
| kIRG_GSource | G1-4928 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-B1BD |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-415D |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-E3A4 |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-6137 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-5A61 |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-5734 |
| kJapanese | ソウ はく はらう |
| kJoyoKanji | 2010 |
| kKoreanEducationHanja | 2007 |
| kJapaneseKun | HAKU HARAU |
| kJapaneseOn | SOU |
| kJis0 | 3361 |
| kKangXi | 0436.140 |
| kKorean | SO |
| kLau | 2875 2876 2877 |
| kMandarin | sǎo |
| kMatthews | 5437 |
| kMeyerWempe | 2838 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ012456 MJ012456:E0102 MJ012455:E0103 |
| kMorohashi | 12237' 12237':E0102 12237:E0103 |
| kNelson | 1945 |
| kPhonetic | 81 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+2783+64.3.8 V+13891+64.3.8 |
| kRSUnicode | 64.8 |
| kSBGY | 302.18 418.47 |
| kSemanticVariant | U+57FD<kMeyerWempe |
| kSimplifiedVariant | "扫" U+626B CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 255.03 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | sǎo粵sou3 sǎo粵sou2 sào粵sou3 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 2217 |
| kTang | *sɑ̌u sɑ̀u |
| kTotalStrokes | 11 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | HJKMPT |
| kVietnamese | tảo |
| kXerox | 245:170 |
| kXHC1983 | 0988.061:sǎo 0989.041:sào |