帚

zhǒu

Radical: 巾 pictographic

Components & Etymology

帚 decomposes into the following components:

彐 冖 巾

Words containing 帚

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 帚.

扫帚
sào zhou
broom
炊帚
chuī zhou
笤帚
tiáo zhou
whisk broom
筅帚
xiǎn zhǒu
扫帚星
sào zhou xīng
comet
敝帚千金
bì zhǒu qiān jīn
lit. my worn-out broom, a thousand in gold (idiom)
敝帚自珍
bì zhǒu zì zhēn
to value the broom as one's own (idiom)

Related characters (radical 巾)

Characters that share the radical 巾.

㒼 巾 巿 帀 币 市 布 帅 帆 师 希 帏 帐 帑 帔 帕 帖 帘 帙 帛 帜 帝 帥 带

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