帚
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See also: 菷
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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
- 帰, 𠴵, 埽, 婦, 𡹙, 𢃞, 𱞨, 掃, 㴆, 𨺜, 䢜, 㫶, 㱕, 㷌, 𥇳, 𱀠, 𬖥, 𫃲, 𧌈, 𰯳, 𨓼, 𨧪, 𨺔, 𢅨, 𡚖, 𭘺, 歸, 𱜹, 鯞, 𫚡, 𪂋
- 𢅜, 𡞒, 𱟜, 𫹅, 𪩺, 𢃳, 𢽪, 𢽰, 𲉕, 𢅦, 𪂪, 𡨦, 菷, 箒, 𮫌, 𡪷, 𱷕, 㝲, 𬤸
- 㑴, 𡎹, 𢱥, 𣹰, 𣖽, 𥛆, 𦃌, 𩤿, 𠖗, 𡩠, 𦵲
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
| trad. | 帚 | |
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| simp. # | 帚 | |
| alternative forms | 箒／帚 菷 𦲅 | |
Glyph origin
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| Shang | Western Zhou | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
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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
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): zaau2 / zau2
- Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): siu3 / ziu3
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chiú / chhiú
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 5tseu
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄓㄡˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: jhǒu
- Wade–Giles: chou3
- Yale: jǒu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: joou
- Palladius: чжоу (čžou)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: zaau2 / zau2
- Yale: jáau / jáu
- Cantonese Pinyin: dzaau2 / dzau2
- Guangdong Romanization: zao2 / zeo2
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡saːu̯³⁵/, /t͡sɐu̯³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Puxian Min
- (Putian)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: siu3
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɬiu⁴⁵³/
- (Xianyou)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: siu3
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɬiu³³²/
- (Putian)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: ziu3
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡siu⁴⁵³/
- (Xianyou)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: ziu3
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡siu³³²/
- (Putian)
- Southern Min
Note:
- chiú - literary;
- chhiú - vernacular.
- Middle Chinese: tsyuwX
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*əʔ/
- (Zhengzhang): /*pjuʔ/
Definitions
帚
Compounds
References
- “帚”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database), 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
- 莆田市荔城区档案馆 , editor (2022), “帚”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 312.
Japanese
Kanji
帚
Readings
Compounds
Etymology 1
| Kanji in this term |
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| 帚 |
| ほうき Hyōgai |
| kun'yomi |
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| (This term, 帚, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) |
Etymology 2
| Kanji in this term |
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| 帚 |
| ははき Hyōgai |
| irregular |
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Korean
Hanja
帚 • (chu) (hangeul 추, revised chu, McCune–Reischauer ch'u)
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Okinawan
Kanji
帚
Readings
Noun
帚 (hōchi)
- Alternative form of 箒 (hōchi)
Vietnamese
Han character
帚: Hán Nôm readings: chổi, trửu
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