箒

Information about character(s)

Radical: 竹
Radical Strokes: 6
Additional Strokes: 8
Total Strokes: 14
Variants: 帚

Pronunciation

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

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: broom

CE-Dict: variant of 帚[zhou3]

康熙字典文字版 【未集上】【竹字部】箒
【廣韻】之九切【集韻】止酉切，𠀤音帚。箕箒也。【世本】少康初作箕帚。【集韻】少康，杜康也，葬長垣。【後漢·贾誼傳】母取箕箒，立而誶語。　又竹名。【僧贊寧·筍譜】拂雲箒，竹出廬山，莖大如指，竹杪細，葉密翠如箒，彼人采爲方物贈人，謂之拂雲箒。
考證：〔【賈誼·治安策】母取箕箒，立而誶語。〕　謹照原書改後漢贾誼傳。