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zhǒu = zh + ou3
broom
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zhǒu = zh + ou3
variant of 帚[zhou3]
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How to pronounce 帚

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= zh initial

Zh is for James II of England (詹姆斯二世, zhān​mǔ​sī èr​shì).

By Matthias • updated 3 months ago
+ ou3 final

In the outhouse’s living room.

By Matthias • updated about 2 months ago

帚 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
= ji + Ø4
pig snout (Kangxi radical 58)
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= mi + Ø4
"cover" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 14), occurring in 軍|军[jun1], 冠[guan1] etc, known as 禿寶蓋|秃宝盖[tu1 bao3 gai4] or 平寶蓋|平宝盖[ping2 bao3 gai4]
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jīn = ji + (e)n1
towel / general purpose cloth / women's headcovering (old) / Kangxi radical 50
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Characters with 帚 as component

guī = gu + ei1
surname Gui
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guī = gu + ei1
to return / to go back to / to give back to / (of a responsibility) to be taken care of by / to belong to / to gather together / (used between two identical verbs) despite / to marry (of a woman) (old) / division on the abacus with a one-digit divisor
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= fu + Ø4
woman
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Words with 帚

whisk broom / small broom / CL:把[ba3]
comet / jinx / bearer of ill luck

Sentences with 帚

帚 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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zhǒu

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