U+626B "扫" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+626B "扫" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that fundamentally means "to sweep" or "to clear away." It is composed of the radical "扌" (hand) on the left, indicating an action performed with the hand, and the phonetic component "彐" on the right, which provides a clue to its pronunciation as "sǎo" or "sào" in Mandarin. This character is commonly used in words related to cleaning, such as "打扫" (to clean or sweep), as well as in broader contexts like "扫描" (to scan) and "扫除" (to eliminate or get rid of). In addition to its literal sense, it can carry metaphorical meanings, such as "扫兴" (to dampen one's spirits) or "扫盲" (to eliminate illiteracy), reflecting its versatile role in both everyday and formal Chinese vocabulary.