12345678KeywordbroombroomstickFrequency#3757Strokes8ReadingszhǒuMnemonicA hand 巾 holding a broom with the head 彐 held upStroke orderComposed of彐snout冖cover巾towelUsed in characters埽dikeUsed in vocabulary扫帚sàozhoubroom帚zhǒubroom笤帚tiáozhouwhisk broom; small broom扫帚星sàozhouxīngcomet; person who brings bad luck; jinx敝帚自珍bìzhǒuzìzhēnto value the broom as one's own (idiom); to attach value to sth because it is one's own; a sentimental attachment