帚
Ancient forms
3 forms- Oracle boneShang
- BronzeWestern Zhou
- Small sealQin–Han
- 帚RegularToday
Glyphs: Wikimedia Commons, public domain.
Meaning
zhǒu zhou3
- broom
Words with 帚
- 扫帚sàozhoubroom
- 炊帚chuīzhoupot-scrubbing brush, made from bamboo strips
- 笤帚tiáozhouwhisk broom
- 筅帚xiǎnzhǒu(dialect) pot-scrubbing brush, made from bamboo strips
- 扫帚星sàozhouxīngcomet
- 敝帚千金bìzhǒuqiānjīnlit. my worn-out broom, a thousand in gold (idiom); fig. sentimental value
- 敝帚自珍bìzhǒuzìzhēnto value the broom as one's own (idiom); to attach value to sth because it is one's own