帚 — Chinese character
帚
zhǒu
broom, broomstick
- Pinyin
- zhǒu
- Radical
- 50 ⼱ (Turban)
- Strokes
- 8
- Components
- 彐 冖 巾
- Formation
- pictographic — A hand 巾 holding a broom with the head 彐 held up
- Japanese
- 帚 as a kanji
Common words with 帚
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 扫帚 (掃帚) | sào zhou | broom |
| 笤帚 | tiáo zhou | whisk broom; small broom |
| 扫帚星 (掃帚星) | sào zhou xīng | comet; person who brings bad luck; jinx |
| 敝帚自珍 | bì zhǒu zì zhēn | to value the broom as one's own (idiom); to attach value to sth because it is one's own; a sentimental attachment |
| 敝帚千金 | bì zhǒu qiān jīn | lit. my worn-out broom, a thousand in gold (idiom); fig. sentimental value; I wouldn't be parted with it for anything. |
| 炊帚 | chuī zhou | pot-scrubbing brush, made from bamboo strips |
| 筅帚 | xiǎn zhǒu | (dialect) pot-scrubbing brush, made from bamboo strips |
English words written with 帚
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.