箒

Translingual

Han character

箒 (Kangxi radical 118, 竹+8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 竹尸一月 (HSMB), composition ⿱⺮帚)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 887, character 21
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 26139
• Dae Jaweon: page 1315, character 18
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 2988, character 7
• Unihan data for U+7B92

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Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 箒 – see 帚 (“broom; broomstick”). (This character is a variant form of 帚).

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Japanese

Kanji

箒

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. broom

Readings

• Go-on: す (su)
• Kan-on: しゅう (shū)
• Kan’yō-on: そう (sō)
• Kun: ほうき (hōki, 箒)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
箒
ほうき Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

Alteration of hahaki.

Alternative forms

• 帚

Noun

箒(ほうき) • (hōki) ^{←はうき (fauki)?}

1. broom

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 草箒(くさぼうき) (kusabōki)
• 桑箒(くわぼうき) (kuwabōki), 鍬箒(くわぼうき) (kuwabōki)
• 毛箒(けぼうき) (kebōki): feather brush; hairbrush
• 高野箒(こうやぼうき) (kōyabōki)
• 酒箒(さかぼうき) (sakabōki)
• 座箒(ざぼうき) (zabōki)
• 稭箒(しべぼうき) (shibebōki)
• 棕櫚箒(しゅろぼうき) (shurobōki)
• 竹箒(たけぼうき) (takebōki)
• 玉箒(たまぼうき) (tamabōki)
• 茶箒(ちゃぼうき) (chabōki)
• 手箒(てぼうき) (tebōki)
• 鳥箒(とりぼうき) (toribōki)
• 羽箒(はねぼうき) (hanebōki)
• 羽箒(はぼうき) (habōki)
• 箒神(ほうきがみ) (hōkigami)
• 箒木(ほうきぎ) (hōkigi)
• 箒草(ほうきぐさ) (hōkigusa)
• 箒鞘(ほうきざや) (hōkizaya)
• 箒尻(ほうきじり) (hōkijiri)
• 箒茸(ほうきたけ) (hōkitake)
• 箒星(ほうきぼし) (hōkiboshi): comet
• 箒虫(ほうきむし) (hōkimushi)
• 箒目(ほうきめ) (hōkime)
• 帚持(ほうきも)ち (hōkimochi)
• 箒蜀黍(ほうきもろこし) (hōkimorokoshi)
• 目箒(めぼうき) (mebōki): basil
• 蕨箒(わらびぼうき) (warabibōki)
• 藁箒(わらぼうき) (warabōki)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
箒
ははき Hyōgaiji
irregular

Alternative forms

• 帚

Noun

箒(ははき) • (hahaki) 

1. broom

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 玉帚(たまばはき) (tamabahaki)
• 帚持(ははきも)ち (hahakimochi)

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Korean

Hanja

箒 • (chu) (hangeul 추, revised chu, McCune–Reischauer ch'u, Yale chwu)

1. (비): broom
2. (쓸다): to sweep

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Okinawan

Alternative forms

• 帚

Etymology

Attested in the 沖縄語典 (Okinawa Goten, “Okinawan Dictionary”) as はうち. Cognate with Japanese 箒 (hōki).

Kanji

箒

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Readings

• Kun: ほーち (hōchi, 箒)^{←はうち (fauti, 箒, historical)}

Noun

箒 (hiragana ほーち, rōmaji hōchi, historical hiragana はうち)

1. broom

Derived terms

• 箒星 (ほーちぶし, hōchibushi)