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broom 帚
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| Explanation |
Image of a broom, with a hand ヨ holding the broomstick at the top and the individual bristles 巾 at the bottom.
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Used in these characters:
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帰
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JLPT 4Joyo 2 |
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| to return
kaeru, KI
刂
帚
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Left: knife刂, right: broom 帚 (A hand ナ/ヨ holds a broom 冖巾)
When you change your knife to a broom you have returned.
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婦
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JLPT 2Joyo 5 |
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| wife, woman
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Left: woman 女, right: broom 帚 (a hand ナ/ヨ holding a broom 冖/巾)
The woman with the broom in her hand is my wife.
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棄
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| abandon, discard
suteru, KI
木
帚
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From top: newborn baby  (child 子 turned upside down, because at birth with head first), broom standing upright, tree 木 (broom = 帚)
A newborn child is swept with a broom under a tree and abandoned.
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掃
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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| sweep, brush
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Left: hand 扌, right: broom 帚 (hand ナ/ヨ, holding a broom 冖/巾)
The hand with the broom is sweeping.
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