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帚 — 8 strokes ／ Radical「干」

道
1University / general (hardest) ／ 8 strokes ／ Radical「干」
On
ソウ・シュウそう・しゅう · sō · shū
Kun
ほうきhōki
Meaning
broom

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

A pictograph of a hand holding a broom: the tool for sweeping.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 箒ほうき

    broom (usual writing)

  • 帚木ははきぎ

    the broom tree (of legend)

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

帚で庭先(にわさき)を掃(は)き清(きよ)めた。

They swept the front garden clean with a broom.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

帚木箒帚木tree箒a broo…幵level帛silk…幫to hel…干to dry平flat屮a spro…卅thirty匆in has…艸grass冏bright
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 干Map of reading ソウAll maps

Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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