The Chinese Radical: 帚

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Meaning
Hand with broom    帚

Explanation The hand 彐 at the broom 冖/巾 sweeps.

Used in these characters:
侵
HSK 6
 to invade, to encroach, to infringe, to approach
qīn
 人 帚
Left: person 人, right: variant of broom 帚 (hand holding a broom)[cf. to return 归, which was traditionally: 帰]
A person came to you (= where your broom is) and: invaded.
寝
HSK 6
 sleep, dormitory, to lie down
qǐn
 宀 丬 帚
Top: house 宀, left: bed 丬 (= image of a tree cut into half; cf. 片), right: var. of hand holding a broom 帚
A house with a bed and a broom is where I sleep.
帚
no HSK
 broom
zhǒu
 帚 巾

Shows at the top a hand and at the bottom: a broom.

Radicals are shown here that are similar either in appearance or meaning.
彐 聿 隶

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