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帚
zhǒu
1. broom
Common • Top 13% ✏️ 8 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

帚
zhǒu
broom, broomstick
8 丶

Compound Words (7)

扫帚
sàozhou
broom
炊帚
chuīzhou
pot-scrubbing brush, made from bamboo strips
笤帚
tiáozhou
whisk broom
筅帚
xiǎnzhǒu
(dialect) pot-scrubbing brush, made from bamboo strips
扫帚星
sàozhouxīng
comet
敝帚千金
bìzhǒuqiānjīn
lit. my worn-out broom, a thousand in gold (idiom); fig. sentimental value
敝帚自珍
bìzhǒuzìzhēn
to value the broom as one's own (idiom); to attach value to sth because it is one's own

Alternate Entries

帚
zhǒu
variant of [[帚<zhǒu>]]

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Category
Chinese
Character Frequency Rank
3,629
Word Frequency Rank
11,112 of 84,292

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