to sweep

= + : Socrates (s) is sweeping the aorta (ao3) using a broom (扫). There are big pig snouts (彐) lying around on the floor which he picks up using a toy claw (扌) because they are too big to sweep (扫).
broom

掃 character breakdown

broom
"hand" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 64), occurring in 提, 把, 打 etc

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a toy claw.
variant of 帚[zhou3]

Characters with 掃 as component

掃 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 掃

to clean / to sweep
to sweep the floor / (fig.) (of one's reputation etc) to reach rock bottom / to be at an all-time low
to rake with machine gunfire / to strafe / to machine-gun down
to clear off / to make a clean sweep of
to complete the last stage of work / to round off
to sweep a grave (and pay one's respects to the dead person)
to sweep clean / to clean out
comet / jinx / bearer of ill luck
to lose every scrap of reputation
Sweeper Monk, nameless monk who maintains the library of Shaolin (from Jin Yong's novel "Demigods and Semidevils" 天龍八部|天龙八部[Tian1 long2 Ba1 Bu4]) / (fig.) person whose remarkable talents are not well known
see 回描[hui2 miao2]
bearer of ill luck / person with the evil eye / comet
to be thoroughly discredited / to fall into disrepute

Sentences with 掃

掃 currently does not appear in any sentence.