Character Contained In References Comments
Simplified Traditional Ancient forms Archaic forms
traditional form

Variants
Phonetic
Semantic
Apparent
又 冖 巾 ⿳彐冖巾
Mandarin
zhou3
English
Definitions
broom; broomstick
Mnemonic
Hold 又 a broom covered 冖 with cloth 巾
Etymology
Notes
Pictograph: a broom; because of similarity the top part has been changed to a variant of hand 又; bottom standardized to 冖 and 巾