一切經音義 82.87

82.87

掃帚（周酉反說文帚從又持巾掃門內冖音癸營反古者少康初作箕帚又作秫酒少康即杜康也帚即今之掃帚也或從竹作帚俗字也）。

Broom (pronounced 周酉 [zh- + -iu = zhiu]. The Shuowen jiezi says: "帚 is composed of 又 holding a cloth to sweep within the doorway; 冖 is pronounced 癸營 [k- + -weŋ = kweŋ]. In ancient times, Shaokang first made winnowing baskets and brooms, and also made sorghum liquor. Shaokang was Du Kang. 帚 is the sweeping broom of today." Writing it with the bamboo radical as 箒 is a popular character form).