"帚" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Le caractère 帚

zhǒu
Traditional
Radical
(3 traits)
Number of strokes
8
Structure
trois parties verticales
Cangjie
SMBLB 尸一月中月
Sijiao
1722.7
Wubi
VPMH
GB 2312
D6E3
Big5
A9AA
Unicode
U+5E1A

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Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
zhǒu variant of 帚[zhou3] syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
扫帚 掃帚 sào zhou broom syn
笤帚 tiáo zhou whisk broom / small broom / CL:把[ba3] syn
炊帚 chuī zhou pot-scrubbing brush, made from bamboo strips
筅帚 xiǎn zhǒu (dialect) pot-scrubbing brush, made from bamboo strips
扫帚星 掃帚星 sào zhou xīng comet / person who brings bad luck / jinx syn
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 syn
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. syn

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