The Japanese Radical: 帚


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Meaning
broom    帚

Explanation Image of a broom, with a hand ヨ holding the broomstick at the top and the individual bristles 巾 at the bottom.

Used in these characters:
帰
JLPT 4Joyo 2
 to return
kaeru, KI
 刂 帚
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.  
婦
JLPT 2Joyo 5
 wife, woman
FU
 女 帚
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.  
棄
JLPT 1Joyo 7
 abandon, discard
suteru, KI
 木 帚
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.  
掃
JLPT 2Joyo 7
 sweep, brush
haku, SŌ
 扌 帚 巾
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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