炊帚
chuī​zhou

pot brush

炊 chuī cook

Phonosemantic compound. 火 represents the meaning and 欠 represents the sound.

Components

火
火 Meaning component
huǒ fire
欠
欠 Sound component
qiàn, qian yawn, deficient

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangkʰjol
Unicodechiuɛ

說文解字

爨也。从火，吹省聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

帚 zhou broom

Pictograph of a broom.

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Shang ~1100 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Meaning (2 of 3 verified)

埽歸掃

Sound (2)

婦掃

Iconic (2)

婦𠬶

Remnant (1)

𠬶

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarttsyuwX[t.p]əʔ broom

說文解字

《說文》：“帚，糞也。从又持巾埽冂內。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)