帚

Information about character(s)

Radical: 巾
Radical Strokes: 3
Additional Strokes: 5
Total Strokes: 8
Variants: 箒菷

Pronunciation

Pinyin: zhǒu
Cantonese: zaau2 zau2
JapaneseKun: HOUKI
JapaneseOn: SOU SHUU
Korean: CHWU

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: broom, broomstick

CE-Dict: broom

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.(used in compounds) a broom

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: broom

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: broom

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《巾部》帚糞也。从又持巾埽冂內。古者少康初作箕、帚、秫酒。少康，杜康也，葬長垣。

康熙字典文字版 【寅集中】【巾字部】帚
【唐韻】支手切【集韻】止酉切【韻會】止酒切，𠀤音㫶。【說文】糞也。从又持巾，掃門內。古者少康初作箕帚秫酒。少康，杜康也。【玉篇】掃除糞穢也。【禮·曲禮】凡爲長者糞之禮，必加帚于箕上。【註】弟子職曰：執箕膺擖，厥中有帚。【揚雄·解嘲】或擁帚彗而先驅。　又草名。【爾雅·釋草】荓，馬帚。【註】似蓍，可以爲掃彗。【又】葥，王蔧。【註】王帚也。似藜，其樹可以爲蔧。江東呼之曰落帚。
考證：〔【爾雅·釋草】茾，馬帚。〕　謹照原文茾改荓。

CF-Dict: balai

Han-De-Dict: Besen (u.E.) (S)