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箒 — 14 strokes ／ Radical「竹」

道
1University / general (hardest) ／ 14 strokes ／ Radical「竹」
On
ソウ・シュウそう・しゅう · sō · shū
Kun
ほうきhōki
Meaning
a broom

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Bamboo 竹 over a besom 帚: a broom made of bamboo.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 箒ほうき

    a broom

  • 箒星ほうきぼし

    a comet

More words with this kanji

  • 棕櫚箒しゅろぼうき

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

箒(ほうき)で庭(にわ)を掃(は)き清(きよ)める。

They sweep the garden clean with a broom.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

箒星箒星star竽an anc…笊a bamb…笆a bamb…笏ritual…笞a rod…屮a spro…卅thirty匆in has…艸grass冏bright
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 竹Map of reading ソウAll maps

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