扫
Meaning
- to sweep (with a brush or broom)
- to sweep away; to wipe out; to get rid of
- to sweep (one's eyes etc) over; to scan
Example sentence
你必须扫地。
You have to sweep the floor.
The character 扫
扫 is 扌, a hand, beside 彐: sweeping. 打扫 to clean a room, 扫地 to sweep a floor — and now 扫码, scanning a QR code, which is the same movement of the hand.