Chinese Character 帚 Meanings and components.

Form

帚

Meaning

帚 meaning[3] in English

Broom.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 帚 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are pig snout (Kangxi … (彐) , and towel (巾)

Its radical[1] is: 巾 (jin1) which means: Towel, General Purpose Cloth, Women's Headcovering (Old), Kangxi Radical 50, .巾jin1towel

In cangjie it is written with SMBLB

How to write 帚

To write帚zhou3broom you should write a combination of 彐ji4pig snout … , 巾jin1towel arranged in a 冖 shape:

彐 + 巾 = 帚

帚 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 帚 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 帚, looks as follow:

帚
Pinyin:zhou3 Shape:冖
Meaning[3]: Broom
彐
Pinyin:ji4
Meaning[3]: Pig Snout (Kangxi Radical 58)
巾
Pinyin:jin1
Meaning[3]: Towel . General Purpose Cloth . Women'S Headcovering (Old) . Kangxi Radical 50
冂
Pinyin:jiong1
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 13), Occurring In 用, 同, 网 Etc . See Also 同字框[Tong2 Zi4 Kuang4]
丨
Pinyin:gun3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 2)

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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