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Animated Stroke Order 帚

Watch the stroke order, then trace it yourself.

How to write 帚 — animated stroke order
2.

Stroke Order Diagrams 帚

帚 stroke order diagram
3.

Character Breakdown

Top-Center-Bottom
帚
又yòu · again
彐jì
帚=
4.

Printable Writing Worksheet: 帚

帚 handwriting practice worksheet preview
5.

How to Use 帚

Common word with 帚

One common HSK word with 帚 is 扫帚, meaning "broom".

扫帚 • sào zhou • broom • HSK 3.0 · L7-9
HSK 3.0 · L7-9
6.

Example Sentences

Tā他
suī虽
rán然
jiā家
pín贫
，
dàn

Information

Pinyinzhǒu
Meaningbroom, a tool for sweeping
Strokes8
Radical巾
Traditional帚
StructureTop-Center-Bottom
Frequency#2216
Zhuyinㄓㄡˇ
UnicodeU+5E1A
CangjieSMB
又yòu · again
+彐jì
sào扫
zhou帚

broom

但
duì对
nà那
běn本
jiù旧
shū书
bì敝
zhǒu帚
zì自
zhēn珍
。

Although he is poor, he cherishes that old book as if it were a treasure.

yè夜
kōng空
zhōng中
chū出
xiàn现
le了
měi美
lì丽
de的
zhǒu帚
xīng星
。

A beautiful comet appeared in the night sky

mā妈
ma妈
yòng用
sào扫
zhou帚
dǎ打
sǎo扫
yuàn院
zi子
。

Mom cleans the yard with a broom

zhè这
ge个
chuī炊
zhǒu帚
yòng用
lái来
shuā刷
guō锅
hěn很
fāng方
biàn便
。

This pot brush is very convenient for cleaning pots

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Same Sound

Characters pronounced "zhou".

  • 骤zhòuto gallop; sudden, abrupt
  • 诌zhōuplay with words, quip; talk nonse
  • 肘zhǒuthe elbow; help a person shoulder a load
  • 咒zhòucurse, damn, incantation
  • 洲zhōucontinent; island in a river
  • 州zhōu[an ancient administrative division]; prefecture
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Same Radical

Characters with radical "巾".

  • 帧zhēnpicture, scroll; one of pair of
  • 幂mìcover-cloth, cover with cloth
  • 帮bāngto help, assist
  • 幌huǎngcurtain, cloth screen
  • 帆fānsail
  • 帖tiēinvitation, note, or calligraphy model
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