帚 - zhǒu - Chinese character definition, English meaning and stroke order

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8 strokes
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帚

zhǒu

Definition

broom

Character Decomposition

Compounds (4)

歸

guī

to return; to go back to; to give back to; (of a responsibility) to be taken care of by; to belong to; to gather together; (used between two identical verbs) despite; to marry (of a woman) (old); division on the abacus with a one-digit divisor

to sweep

broom

woman

Related words (1)

筅帚

xiǎn zhǒu

(dialect) pot-scrubbing brush, made from bamboo strips

Idioms (2)

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.

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

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