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Readings

Kana: ソウ、シュウ、ほうき
Romaji: sou, shū, houki
Kana
Romaji

Meaning

broom

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  14
Radical Number:  118
Frequency: 
Grade: 
Skip Pattern:  2-6-8
Korean Reading:  chu
Chinese Reading:  zhou3
Unicode:  7b92
JIS:  6436

Indexes

Nelson Index: 3408
New Nelson Index: 4308
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 6f8.13
Four Corner Index: 8822.7
Daikanwanjiten Index: 26139
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 8.0796

Words

(ほうき)
broom
竹ぼうき (たけぼうき、たかぼうき)
bamboo broom
玉箒 (たまははき、たまばはき)
broom (esp. one for sweeping a silkworm-raising room on the first Day of the Rat of the New Year); plant used for constructing brooms (e.g. kochia); liquor; alcohol; sake
箒虫 (ほうきむし、ホウキムシ)
phoronid (any wormlike animal of phylum Phoronida)
棕櫚箒 (しゅろぼうき)
hemp-palm broom
草箒 (くさぼうき)
broom
羽箒 (はぼうき、はねぼうき)
feather duster
手箒 (てぼうき)
whisk broom
箒草 (ほうきぐさ、ホウキグサ)
common kochia (Bassia scoparia); burning bush; summer cypress
目箒 (めぼうき、メボウキ)
sweet basil
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