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Translingual

Han character

(radical 118 +8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 竹尸一月 (HSMB), composition)

  1. broom

References

  • KangXi: page 887, character 21
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 26139
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1315, character 18
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 2988, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+7B92

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of – see .
(This character, , is a variant form of .)

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. broom

Readings

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
ほうき
Hyōgaiji
kun'yomi

Alteration of hahaki.[1]

Pronunciation

Alternative forms

Noun

(hiragana ほうき, romaji hōki, historical hiragana はうき)

  1. broom
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
ははき
Hyōgaiji
Irregular

Pronunciation

  • (Irregular reading)
  • IPA(key): [ha̠ha̠kʲi]

Alternative forms

Noun

(hiragana ははき, romaji hahaki)

  1. broom
Derived terms

References

  1. 1 2 3 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
  2. 1 2 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3

Korean

Hanja

(chu) (hangeul , revised chu, McCune-Reischauer ch'u, Yale chwu)

  1. (): broom
  2. (쓸다): to sweep

Okinawan

Kanji

(hiragana ほーち, romaji hōchi)

Etymology

Attested in the 沖縄語典 (Okinawa Goten, “Okinawan Dictionary”) as はうち (hauchi).[1] Cognate with mainland Japanese (hōki).

Alternative forms

Noun

(hiragana ほーち, romaji hōchi)

  1. broom

Derived terms

References

  1. 1896: 沖縄語典 (Okinawa Goten, “Okinawan Dictionary”). In Japanese. http://kindai.ndl.go.jp/info:ndljp/pid/992016/79
  • 沖縄語辞典 (Okinawago Jiten, “Okinawan Dictionary”), 1963