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zhǒu

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zhǒu Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
zhǒu | zhou3
English translation
broom, broomstick

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About zhǒu

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Number of strokes

8

Traditional form

zhǒu

Contains the radical

jīn

Part of speech

Noun morpheme / 名语素 Míng yǔsù

Learning hint

A hand jīn holding a broom with the head  held up

Etymology of zhǒu

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Type

pictographic

Positional decomposition

冖巾

Explanation

Pictograph of a hand sweeping with a broom.

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Example sentences using zhǒu

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扫帚 sào zhou 那些 nà xiē 玻璃 bōli 清扫 qīng sǎo 干净 gānjìng 好吗

Get a broom and sweep up that glass will you?

Words with zhǒu

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
扫帚 sào zhou broom掃帚
zhǒu broom zhǒu
笤帚 tiáo zhou whisk broom笤帚 tiáo zhou
扫帚星 sào zhou xīng comet掃帚星
敝帚自珍 bì zhǒu zì zhēn a sentimental attachment敝帚自珍 bì zhǒu zì zhēn
炊帚 chuī zhou pot-scrubbing brush, made from bamboo strips炊帚 chuī zhou

zhǒu Decomposition & Compounds

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