箒
broom
Readings
On'yomi
- ソウ
- シュウ
Kun'yomi
- ほうき
Meaning
箒 centers on a tool for sweeping: a broom. The meaning is straightforward and concrete.
Most common words using 箒
- 箒ほうきN3
broom
- 刷毛箒はけほうき
whisk broom
- 手箒てぼうき
whisk broom
- 棕櫚箒しゅろぼうき
hemp-palm broom
- 玉箒たまははき
broom (esp. one for sweeping a silkworm-raising room on the first Day of the Rat of the New Year)
- 目箒めぼうき
sweet basil
- 神目箒かみめぼうき
holy basil (Ocimum tenuiflorum); tulasi; thulasi; tulsi
- 箒木ほうきぎ
common kochia (Bassia scoparia); burning bush; summer cypress
- 箒目ほうきめ
broom marks (on swept ground)
- 箒茸ほうきたけ
clustered coral (Ramaria botrytis); pink-tipped coral mushroom
- 箒草ほうきぐさ
common kochia (Bassia scoparia); burning bush; summer cypress
- 箒虫ほうきむし
phoronid (any wormlike animal of phylum Phoronida)
- 羽箒はねぼうき
feather duster; feather brush
- 羽箒貝はぼうきがい
Pinna bicolor (species of pen shell)
- 草箒くさぼうき
broom
- 西之島箒蟹にしのしまほうきがに
Xenograpsus novaeinsularis (crab species)
- 高野箒こうやぼうき
Pertya scandens (species of aster)
Study
Etymology
箒 combines 竹 (bamboo) and 帚 (broom), suggesting a broom made from bamboo. The exact historical development is uncertain, but the component relationship is clear.
Meaning mnemonic
The top 竹 is bamboo, and the bottom 帚 looks like a hand holding a bundle of bristles. Picture a bamboo broom sweeping the floor.
Reading mnemonic
For ソウ, imagine sweeping with a broom while humming a soft 'so' sound: so -> ソウ, as you sweep away the dust.