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Translingual
Han character
帚 (Kangxi radical 50, 巾+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 尸一月中月 (SMBLB), four-corner 17227, composition ⿳𫜹冖巾 or ⿳⺕冖巾)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 330, character 6
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 8854
- Dae Jaweon: page 635, character 25
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 735, character 10
- Unihan data for U+5E1A
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 婦
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*bɯʔ
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| 帚
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*pjuʔ
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| 箒
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*pjuʔ
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| 鯞
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*pjuʔ
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Pictogram (象形) – a broom with bristles on top and tied handle on the bottom.
In modern form, top now resembles 聿 (“hand”), 肀 (“brush”), 彐, and overall graphically decomposes roughly as 肀 + 冖 + 巾.
Pronunciation
Note:
- chiú - literary;
- chhiú - vernacular.
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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帚
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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zhǒu
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ tsyuwX ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*əʔ/
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| English
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broom
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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帚
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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17551
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Phonetic
component
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帚
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Rime
group
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幽
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Rime
subdivision
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1
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Corresponding
MC rime
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帚
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Old
Chinese
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/*pjuʔ/
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Definitions
帚
- broom; broomstick
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
帚
(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)
- broom
Readings
Compounds
Etymology 1
| For pronunciation and definitions of 帚 – see the following entry.
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| (This term, 帚, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)
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Etymology 2
| For pronunciation and definitions of 帚 – see the following entry.
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| (This term, 帚, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)
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Korean
Hanja
帚 • (chu) (hangeul 추, revised chu, McCune–Reischauer ch'u)
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Okinawan
Kanji
帚
(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)
Readings
Noun
帚 (hōchi)
- Alternative form of 箒 (hōchi)
Vietnamese
Han character
帚: Hán Nôm readings: chổi, trửu
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