扫 sǎo
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 扌 — hand
- Made of
- 扌 hand 彐 snout
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
扫墓
sǎomù
to visit and clean a grave; to pay respects at a grave
Characters in this word
Example phrases
- 清明节扫墓不仅是家族仪式，也承载着对逝者的记忆与责任。 Qīngmíng Jié sǎomù bùjǐn shì jiāzú yíshì, yě chéngzài zhe duì shìzhě de jìyì yǔ zérèn. Tomb-sweeping at Qingming is not only a family ritual; it also carries memory of and responsibility towards the deceased.
- 每年清明我们全家都回乡下扫墓。 Měi nián Qīngmíng wǒmen quánjiā dōu huí xiāngxià sǎomù. Every Qingming our whole family returns to the countryside to sweep the graves.
- 在国外工作的哥哥没能回来扫墓，心里很难过。 Zài guówài gōngzuò de gēge méi néng huílái sǎomù, xīnlǐ hěn nánguò. My older brother, who works abroad, could not come back to sweep the grave and felt very sad.